Hi Professor Ripley,
Thanks for the tip. It worked for me. I'll need to work on packaging
next and maybe a bit more testing of the steps on another build machine.
I just found out that there is already an older version of R binary for
Solaris 10 at
http://apstc.sun.com.sg/popup.php?l1=researchl2=projectsl3=s10portf=applications#R
Its readme has compile options:
http://apstc.sun.com.sg/downloads/s10/README/R-project-2.2.0-sol10-x86.txt
Perhaps we interacted with different R users. I would expect not all R
users would want to compile their own R binary, similar to not all Linux
users would like to compile their own kernel. Without a choice to
download pre-built R on Solaris, there won't be a demand for the
pre-build binary. Instead, people would focus on how to build their own
or would use a pre-build binary for a different platform as an
alternative. With this option, it might generate some demands.
Only time will tell and I have no intention to speculate or make a case.
Rather, I would like to identify ways to contribute within my ability
and attention span. ;) Currently, I am considering different ways to
post a build of R with HDF5 support. Hence my first email to check with
this alias before I go off doing my own things.
Thanks,
David
Prof Brian Ripley :
On Wed, 8 Nov 2006, Tai-Wei (David) Lin wrote:
Hi Folks,
I've been working on a 32bit build of R on Solaris 10 x64. What are the
steps for validate a build beyond make check?
make check-all is a more comprehensive test, including of the
recommended packages.
Once I am ready to contribute a binary build / HowTo doc, who should I
contact?
I doubt if there is a demand for a binary build: AFAIK all Solaris users
of R have the tools to build from the sources.
We do have a HowTo, the R-admin manual. If you tell us what you did in
the format of the entries there for specific OSes, we will incorporate
the information. (It is pretty much essential to know exactly which
compilers etc you used.) Several other people have built R on Solaris 10
on x86_64 (which is I presume what you mean) using the current R-admin
instructions, so please tell us about small changes that might be
required on your system (and why).
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