Hi, I can't install Ruuid on a DEC/HP AlphaServer running OSF1, which is blocking the installation of some other Bioconductor libraries. Here's what happens: $ ~/arch/OSF1/opt/R/bin/R CMD INSTALL Ruuid * Installing *source* package 'Ruuid' ... loading cache ./config.cache checking for glib-config... (cached) /usr/local/bin/glib-config checking how to run the C preprocessor... (cached) cc -E checking for /usr/include/unistd.h... (cached) yes creating ./config.status creating src/Makevars ** libs cc -I/nfs/acari/mh5/arch/OSF1/opt/R/lib/R/include -I/usr/local/include/glib-1.2 -I/usr/local/lib/glib/include -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -I/usr/local/include -std1 -ieee_with_inexact -std1 -fast -arch ev6 -c Rinit.c -o Rinit.o cc: Error: /usr/local/include/glib-1.2/glib.h, line 1573: Missing ";". (nosemi) G_INLINE_FUNC gint g_bit_nth_lsf (guint32 mask, --------------^ cc: Info: /usr/local/include/glib-1.2/glib.h, line 1573: "inline" is a keyword in the C99 revision of the C standard. Using it as an identifier will prevent your program from conforming to that standard. (futurekeywd2) G_INLINE_FUNC gint g_bit_nth_lsf (guint32 mask, ^ cc: Error: /usr/local/include/glib-1.2/glib.h, line 1576: Missing ";". (nosemi) G_INLINE_FUNC gint --------------^ cc: Error: /usr/local/include/glib-1.2/glib.h, line 1591: Missing ";". (nosemi) G_INLINE_FUNC gint g_bit_nth_msf (guint32 mask, --------------^ cc: Error: /usr/local/include/glib-1.2/glib.h, line 1594: Missing ";". (nosemi) G_INLINE_FUNC gint --------------^ cc: Error: /usr/local/include/glib-1.2/glib.h, line 1611: Missing ";". (nosemi) G_INLINE_FUNC guint g_bit_storage (guint number); --------------^ cc: Error: /usr/local/include/glib-1.2/glib.h, line 1613: Missing ";". (nosemi) G_INLINE_FUNC guint --------------^ gmake: *** [Rinit.o] Error 1 ERROR: compilation failed for package 'Ruuid' ** Removing '/nfs/acari/mh5/arch/OSF1/opt/R/lib/R/library/Ruuid' ** Restoring previous '/nfs/acari/mh5/arch/OSF1/opt/R/lib/R/library/Ruuid' The problem is that -std1 tries to enforce strict C89 compliance, which means no inline keyword. This causes the C compiler to barf when it gets to an inline declaration. I cannot, for the life of me, figure out how to get this thing to compile without the offending -std1 option, since R helpfully deletes all the build files between each run. This problem also exists when using install.packages2("Ruuid", develOK=T) Any hints? -- Michael Hoffman <hoffman@ebi.ac.uk> European Bioinformatics Institute