From ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk  Wed Nov  8 19:00:45 2006
From: ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk (Prof Brian Ripley)
Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 18:00:45 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: [Rd] Making Solaris 10 x86/x64 build of R available?
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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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[Rd] Making Solaris 10 x86/x64 build of R available?
Prof Brian Ripley