This is a good place to report a bug; technically bugs should always be reported to the package maintainer; some packages have a BugReport URL or email in the packageDescription.
I'll fix this soon and I would appreciate a test run from you. Best, Kasper On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 2:04 AM, Daniel Axtens <d...@axtens.net> wrote: > Hi, > > I haven't been able to find a way to report a bug on a package directly, > so I'm hoping this is the best way to report a bug, and my apologies in > advance if it isn't. > > Rgraphviz fails to install on little-endian, 64-bit PowerPC (ppc64le). > > Attempting to install leads to this error message: > > ... > checking whether gcc -std=gnu99 accepts -g... yes > checking for gcc -std=gnu99 option to accept ISO C89... none needed > checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -std=gnu99 -E > checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes > checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes > configure: Preparing to compile Graphviz. > configure: Configuring bundled Graphviz. > checking build system type... config/config.guess: unable to guess system > type > > This script, last modified 2009-11-20, has failed to recognize > the operating system you are using. It is advised that you > download the most up to date version of the config scripts from > > http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=config.git;a=blob_ > plain;f=config.guess;hb=HEAD > and > http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=config.git;a=blob_ > plain;f=config.sub;hb=HEAD > > If the version you run (config/config.guess) is already up to date, please > send the following data and any information you think might be > pertinent to <config-patc...@gnu.org> in order to provide the needed > information to handle your system. > > config.guess timestamp = 2009-11-20 > > uname -m = ppc64le > uname -r = 4.4.0-47-generic > uname -s = Linux > uname -v = #68-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 26 19:38:24 UTC 2016 > > /usr/bin/uname -p = > /bin/uname -X = > > hostinfo = > /bin/universe = > /usr/bin/arch -k = > /bin/arch = > /usr/bin/oslevel = > /usr/convex/getsysinfo = > > UNAME_MACHINE = ppc64le > UNAME_RELEASE = 4.4.0-47-generic > UNAME_SYSTEM = Linux > UNAME_VERSION = #68-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 26 19:38:24 UTC 2016 > configure: error: cannot guess build type; you must specify one > make: *** No rule to make target 'install'. Stop. > ... > > I've seen a number of similar errors in various non-R packages: it's > because ppc64le is quite a modern platform and 7-year-old config.guess > doesn't know about it. > > It's really easy to fix: just update the bundled config.sub and > config.guess, either from the URLs suggested in the excerpt above, or > with autotools. > > I'd be more than happy to test any patches, or to supply a patch if that > would be more helpful. > > Regards, > Daniel > > _______________________________________________ > Bioc-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioc-devel > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] _______________________________________________ Bioc-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioc-devel
