From hin-tak.leung at cimr.cam.ac.uk  Mon Apr 30 19:27:55 2007
From: hin-tak.leung at cimr.cam.ac.uk (Hin-Tak Leung)
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 18:27:55 +0100
Subject: [Rd] Cross compiling with R250
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Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
> Have you actually tried this recently? If you don't set R_EXE you get
> a fatal error:
> 
> ---------- Making package base ------------
>   adding build stamp to DESCRIPTION
> /bin/sh: I failed to read the instructions to set R_EXE in MkRules: 
> command not found
> 
> And MkRules says
> 
> # path (possibly full path) to same version of R on the host system
> R_EXE='I failed to read the instructions to set R_EXE in MkRules'

Sorry, haven't tried cross-compile under 2.5.x yet. I stand corrected
:-). Can I suggest _same_ or *same* in the comment above please, just
to drive the message home? (it is a matter of taste, and how often
one needs to repeat this, of course...)

HTL



[Rd] Cross compiling with R250
Hin-Tak Leung