R fallout

[Jonathan Perkin <jperkin%pkgsrc.org@localhost>]

* On 2026-05-18 at 08:32 BST, Makoto Fujiwara wrote:

> Module Name:	pkgsrc
> Committed By:	mef
> Date:		Thu May 14 13:50:46 UTC 2026
>
> Modified Files:
> 	pkgsrc/math/R: Makefile PLIST distinfo
> 	pkgsrc/math/R/patches: patch-configure.ac
>
> Log Message:
> (math/R) Updated 4.5.3 to 4.6.0

I don't know if you follow pkgsrc-bulk@ but this update has caused a 
huge amount of fallout.  It no longer builds on macOS:

  https://reports.pkgci.org/Darwin/14.5/arm64/20260516T132839Z/report.html

and while it builds on illumos, it breaks a significant number of 
individual R-* packages due to stricter C requirements (so will likely 
also break on other platforms with GCC 14+):

  https://reports.pkgci.org/SmartOS/upstream/trunk/20260517T194506Z/report.html

There's also the long-standing issue of these packages performing build 
operations during the 'install' phase, which goes against pkgsrc policy.

Is there a plan for fixing these?

Thanks,

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