From ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk  Fri Oct 17 16:04:55 2003
From: ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk (Prof Brian Ripley)
Date: Fri Oct 17 16:04:20 2003
Subject: [Rd] Bus error (PR#4623)
In-Reply-To: <3F8FF32B.2080807@bank-banque-canada.ca>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0310171503200.1203-100000@gannet.stats>

On Fri, 17 Oct 2003, Paul Gilbert wrote:

> This is a known problem with gcc 3.2.2 (not with R, though it  is 
> mentioned in the R documention). You need at least gcc 3.2.3 (or stick 
> with the gcc 2.x series) on Solaris.

Once again, it is a problem only with 32-bit 3.2.1 and 3.2.2, as the
R-admin manual says. 3.0.x and 3.1.x and 3.2 are all fine.

Given that 3.3.1 is now current, it seems strange that so many people are
using 3.2.1/2.

> 
> Paul Gilbert
> 
> ehsaliba@uncc.edu wrote:
> > Full_Name: Elie Saliba
> > Version: 1.8.0
> > OS: Solaris 9
> > Submission from: (NULL) (152.15.81.169)
> > 
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > We just compiled R 1.8.0 using gcc 3.2.2 (32 bit) without any error messages but
> > then
> > when we try to run it, it dumps a core when using something like plot and so
> > on.
> > (i.e, R>plot(rnorm(100),rnorm(100))
> > 
> > The error message is "Bus Error"
> > 
> > Any suggstions on how to fix this problem would be greatly appreciated.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > ehsaliba@uncc.edu
> > 
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> >
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[Rd] Bus error (PR#4623)
Prof Brian Ripley