Comment 0 for bug 1007014

The GNU R related packages are failing on Raspbian with the following issue:

gcc -std=gnu99 -shared -o MASSSHLIB_EXT MASS.o lqs.o SHLIB_LIBADD -L/usr/lib/R/lib -lR
gcc: error: SHLIB_LIBADD: No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [MASSSHLIB_EXT] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/«PKGBUILDDIR»/src'
make[1]: Entering directory `/«PKGBUILDDIR»/src'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/«PKGBUILDDIR»/src'
ERROR: compilation failed for package 'MASS'
* removing '/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/r-cran-mass/usr/lib/R/library/MASS'
make: *** [R_any_arch] Error 1

Full log file can be found here:

http://repo.raspbian.lan/raspbian/logs/main/r/r-cran-mass.log

This problem seems to be inherited from Debian armel and armhf as indicated in this email thread:

http://lists.debian.org/debian-arm/2012/04/msg00015.html
https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=r-cran-mass&suite=sid

We should track this issue to a resolution in the