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Date:      Mon, 27 Oct 2003 19:42:06 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>
To:        "Michael L. Squires" <mikes@siralan.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD current mailing list <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Success compiling R v 1.8.0
Message-ID:  <20031027194137.X22613@carver.gumbysoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <200310271856.h9RIuC90005081@siralan.org>
References:  <200310271856.h9RIuC90005081@siralan.org>

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On Mon, 27 Oct 2003, Michael L. Squires wrote:

> The "R" statistics port (ports/math/R-letter) is at version 1.7.0.  Being
> the impatient type I tried compiling the recently released 1.8.0 using
> the same Makefile (with 1.7 changed to 1.8) and a new MD5 value, and
> had no new problems compiling.
>
> R v.1.7 and v 1.8 trigger a bug in GCC (internal compiler error) and the
> workaround is to wait for the bug to trigger, then compile that particular
> piece of code using "-O2" rather than "-O", and then execute "make" again.

The gcc folks tend to be interested in this sort of thing.  You might want
to follow the instructions given and report the bug.

-- 
Doug White                    |  FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
dwhite@gumbysoft.com          |  www.FreeBSD.org



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