From tadakado at gmail.com  Wed Jun 11 16:12:09 2008
From: tadakado at gmail.com (Tadashi Kadowaki)
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:12:09 +0900
Subject: [Rd] Makevars or congiure for multi platforms
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Prof. Ripley,

>>> Which entries were you wanting to use?

In this case, I would use the followings in Rconfig.h,
then I don't have to add extra settings in congure.ac

#define HAVE_ERRNO_H 1
#define HAVE_ICONV 1
#define HAVE_INTPTR_T 1
#define HAVE_UINTPTR_T 1
#define ICONV_LATIN1 1
#define RETSIGTYPE void
#define Unix 1
(or #define Win 1)

But, I would say that If Rconfig.h contains all entries in config.h,
I don't have to use congure at all. Just write #include <Rconfig.h>.

Regards,

Tadashi Kadowaki

2008/6/11 Prof Brian Ripley <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk>:
> On Wed, 11 Jun 2008, Tadashi Kadowaki wrote:
>
>> Prof. Ripley,
>>
>> Yes, I can configure when I write configure.ac correctly.
>> But, If you provide all settings in Rconfig.h, I don't have to
>> write configure.ac. That is a big benefit for package developers.
>
> Well, unlikely as no one else has requested it and I don't see configure
> scripts in packages repeating that in R.  So let me repeat
>
>>> Which entries were you wanting to use?
>
>
>> Actually I haven't written correct configure.ac yet.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Tadashi Kadowaki
>>
>> 2008/6/10 Prof Brian Ripley <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk>:
>>>
>>> On Tue, 10 Jun 2008, Tadashi Kadowaki wrote:
>>>
>>>> Prof Ripley,
>>>>
>>>> I fixed and uploaded.
>>>>
>>>> However, it is still useful for development of a package that is close
>>>> to R core,
>>>> if Rconfig.h contains all definitions in config.h. If Rconfig
>>>> contained all information,
>>>> I didn't have to refer the private header directory.
>>>
>>> But your package can run its own configure to find such things itself.
>>> Which
>>> entries were you wanting to use?
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Tadashi Kadowaki
>>>>
>>>> 2008/6/9 Prof Brian Ripley <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk>:
>>>>>
>>>>> Private headers are just that, private.  They are not intended to be
>>>>> available to packages, and not installed by the standard R makefiles on
>>>>> either Unix-alikes or Windows.
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't see it documented that they are available on MacOS X, and will
>>>>> leave
>>>>> it to that platform's maintainers as to why they have been installed on
>>>>> that
>>>>> platform.
>>>>>
>>>>> You need to rewrite your code to use only documented headers and entry
>>>>> points if you intend to distribute it.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, 9 Jun 2008, Tadashi Kadowaki wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi, Laurent and Tobias
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks a lot.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I could make configure script and upload it to r-forge.
>>>>>> https://r-forge.r-project.org/projects/pdf2/
>>>>>> It still works only on mac by default.
>>>>>> For Linux and Windows, it needs additional option like
>>>>>> -----
>>>>>> R CMD INSTALL
>>>>>> --configure-vars="R_INTERNAL_HEADER_DIR=/path/to/src/include"
>>>>>> pdf2/pkg
>>>>>> -----
>>>>>> ,where /path/to/src/include is the directory in the R source.
>>>>>> I didn't check it for Linux and Windows...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tadashi Kadowaki
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2008/6/8 Laurent Gautier <lgautier at gmail.com>:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 2008/6/7  <r-devel-request at r-project.org>:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Message: 11
>>>>>>>> Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2008 03:38:23 +0900
>>>>>>>> From: "Tadashi Kadowaki" <tadakado at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>> Subject: [Rd] Makevars or congiure for multi platforms
>>>>>>>> To: r-devel at r-project.org
>>>>>>>> Message-ID:
>>>>>>>>     <dcb3073c0806061138n2f376a24r100f281ae248497a at mail.gmail.com>
>>>>>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> As previously submitted, I wrote an extending pdf device to embed
>>>>>>>> pop up text and web links.
>>>>>>>> (Patches are available at http://pdf2.r-forge.r-project.org/patches)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Now, I'm making a library version of the pdf device.
>>>>>>>> However, with my skill, I'm not sure about writing Makevars or
>>>>>>>> configure
>>>>>>>> file
>>>>>>>> for multi platforms. A following line in Makevars works on my mac,
>>>>>>>> -----
>>>>>>>> PKG_CFLAGS=-I/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/PrivateHeaders
>>>>>>>> -DHAVE_CONFIG_H
>>>>>>>> -----
>>>>>>>> (Note that the PrivateHeaders directory contains Fileio.h and
>>>>>>>> Defn.h)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> My question is,
>>>>>>>> How do I write Makevars or congiure for Unix/Linux and Windows?
>>>>>>>> I would like to support those platforms in my library.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You could try looking into a package that has configure,
>>>>>>> configure.win
>>>>>>> and has built binaries for macosX and windows. Try the package 'rgl'
>>>>>>> on CRAN, for example.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hoping this helps,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> L.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Tadashi Kadowaki
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ______________________________________________
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>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
>>>>> Professor of Applied Statistics,  http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/
>>>>> University of Oxford,             Tel:  +44 1865 272861 (self)
>>>>> 1 South Parks Road,                     +44 1865 272866 (PA)
>>>>> Oxford OX1 3TG, UK                Fax:  +44 1865 272595
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
>>> Professor of Applied Statistics,  http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/
>>> University of Oxford,             Tel:  +44 1865 272861 (self)
>>> 1 South Parks Road,                     +44 1865 272866 (PA)
>>> Oxford OX1 3TG, UK                Fax:  +44 1865 272595
>>>
>>
>
> --
> Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
> Professor of Applied Statistics,  http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/
> University of Oxford,             Tel:  +44 1865 272861 (self)
> 1 South Parks Road,                     +44 1865 272866 (PA)
> Oxford OX1 3TG, UK                Fax:  +44 1865 272595
>



[Rd] Makevars or congiure for multi platforms
Tadashi Kadowaki