Re: [Pkg-tcltk-devel] Bug#590126: rcmdr: FTBFS on mips{, el}: Error : package 'tcltk' could not be loaded
Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd@debian.org> writes:
Hi,
> | > (the failing program is attached). It seems that r-base hit bug
> | > #519006 (see [1]). It's a bug in gcc-4.4, and it's unlikely that
> | > Tcl/Tk itself can do something to it.
> |
> | yeah, r-base is hitting this bug. As a _workaround_, you can patch the
> | r-base package with the joined patch. It'll disable the '-g' flag when
> | running the configure test. With that, the tcltk.so lib is generated
> | (and thus the tcl/tk deps are there too). Please note that I've not
> | tested if the R tcl/tk stuff is working, I've only checked that the lib
> | was built.
>
> Thanks for the patch (and the upstream maintainer for configure / m4 is
> CC'ed). I will prepare a new r-base upload for Debian.
>
> Any idea why tcltk dies on mips when -g is present? Is that being
> addressed on on mips or in tcl/tk?
It's a gcc-4.4 bug specific to the mips platform. If you want more
details about it, see bug #519006.
Arnaud
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