From ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk  Tue Oct  5 21:33:49 2004
From: ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk (Prof Brian Ripley)
Date: Tue Oct  5 21:34:00 2004
Subject: [Rd] compilation problem R2.0.0 Linux SuSE8.2 (PR#7263)
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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0410052031160.13559-100000@gannet.stats>

On Tue, 5 Oct 2004, Patrick Drechsler wrote:

> Thanks fofr the quick reply!
> 
> Brian Ripley wrote on 05 Oct 2004 20:03:12 MET:
> 
> > Why do you think this is a bug in R?
> 
> Sorry, it was not my intention to imply this was a bug. I just
> figured that people reading the bug list might be able to help
> me. I didn't figure this would be a problem for the general r
> list so I posted here. Developers of other programming

You could use the R-devel list.  By posting to R-bugs you _did_ imply it
was a bug. The posting guide does make the point.

Bug reports get copied to the R-devel list, so someone there may have 
relevant experience.  But this does look very like a mismatch between some 
components on your installation.

> environments prefer that these kind of problems be sent in as
> "bugs" even if they are not bugs in the correct usage of the
> word.
> 
> > Have you read what the FAQ says about BUGS?
> 
> Yes. Otherwise I wouldn't have found the address in the first
> place ;-)
> 
> > R 2.0.0 has been under alpha/beta test for a month and has been
> > tested on scores of Linux boxes.  It looks like a problem with
> > your Linux installation to me, specifically with your tcltk
> > installation in the first instance.
> 
> Could you advice a correct mailing list/newsgroup/link for my
> specific problem?
> 
> I don't have any experience in tcltk. Other than it doing its job
> up to now...
> 
> TIA
> 
> Patrick
> 

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[Rd] compilation problem R2.0.0 Linux SuSE8.2 (PR#7263)
Prof Brian Ripley