Default Makeconf file provided by R-core fails to compile package

After upgrading to Fedora 33, I got an issue with the R package stringi failing to install:

> install.packages("stringi")
[...]
* installing *source* package ‘stringi’ ...
** package ‘stringi’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
** using staged installation
checking for R_HOME... /usr/lib64/R
checking for R... /usr/lib64/R/bin/R
checking for endianness... little
checking for R >= 3.1.0 for C++11 use... yes
checking for R < 3.4.0 for CXX1X flag use... no
checking for cat... /usr/bin/cat
checking for local ICUDT_DIR... icu61/data
checking for gcc... gcc -m64
checking whether the C compiler works... no
configure: error: in `/tmp/Rtmpy22IYZ/R.INSTALL22bb1549772a2/stringi':
configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details
ERROR: configuration failed for package ‘stringi’
* removing ‘/home/[USER]/R/x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu-library/4.0/stringi’
Warning in install.packages :
  installation of package ‘stringi’ had non-zero exit status

If the /usr/lib64/R/etc/Makeconf provided by the R-core package is changed to my old Makeconf.rpmsave from Fedora 32, the problem goes away. Here are the differences in the files:

diff
$ diff Makeconf.rpmsave Makeconf
7c7
< # configure  '--build=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu' '--host=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu' '--program-prefix=' '--disable-dependency-tracking' '--prefix=/usr' '--exec-prefix=/usr' '--bindir=/usr/bin' '--sbindir=/usr/sbin' '--sysconfdir=/etc' '--datadir=/usr/share' '--includedir=/usr/include' '--libdir=/usr/lib64' '--libexecdir=/usr/libexec' '--localstatedir=/var' '--sharedstatedir=/var/lib' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--with-system-tre' '--with-system-valgrind-headers' '--with-lapack' '--with-blas' '--with-tcl-config=/usr/lib64/tclConfig.sh' '--with-tk-config=/usr/lib64/tkConfig.sh' '--enable-R-shlib' '--enable-prebuilt-html' '--enable-R-profiling' '--enable-memory-profiling' 'MAKEINFO=texi2any' 'rdocdir=/usr/share/doc/R' 'rincludedir=/usr/include/R' 'rsharedir=/usr/share/R' 'build_alias=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu' 'host_alias=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu' 'R_PRINTCMD=lpr' 'R_BROWSER=/usr/bin/xdg-open' 'R_PDFVIEWER=/usr/bin/xdg-open' 'PKG_CONFIG_PATH=:/usr/lib64/pkgconfig:/usr/share/pkgconfig' 'CC=gcc -m64' 'CFLAGS=-O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong -grecord-gcc-switches -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1 -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-annobin-cc1 -m64 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection -fcf-protection' 'LDFLAGS=-Wl,-z,relro -Wl,--as-needed  -Wl,-z,now -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-ld' 'FC=gfortran -m64' 'FCFLAGS=-O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong -grecord-gcc-switches -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1 -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-annobin-cc1 -m64 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection -fcf-protection --no-optimize-sibling-calls' 'CXX=g++ -m64' 'CXXFLAGS=-O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong -grecord-gcc-switches -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1 -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-annobin-cc1 -m64 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection -fcf-protection' 'LT_SYS_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib64:'
---
> # configure  '--build=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu' '--host=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu' '--program-prefix=' '--disable-dependency-tracking' '--prefix=/usr' '--exec-prefix=/usr' '--bindir=/usr/bin' '--sbindir=/usr/sbin' '--sysconfdir=/etc' '--datadir=/usr/share' '--includedir=/usr/include' '--libdir=/usr/lib64' '--libexecdir=/usr/libexec' '--localstatedir=/var' '--sharedstatedir=/var/lib' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--with-system-tre' '--with-system-valgrind-headers' '--with-lapack' '--with-blas=flexiblas' '--with-tcl-config=/usr/lib64/tclConfig.sh' '--with-tk-config=/usr/lib64/tkConfig.sh' '--enable-R-shlib' '--enable-prebuilt-html' '--enable-R-profiling' '--enable-memory-profiling' 'MAKEINFO=texi2any' 'rdocdir=/usr/share/doc/R' 'rincludedir=/usr/include/R' 'rsharedir=/usr/share/R' 'build_alias=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu' 'host_alias=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu' 'R_PRINTCMD=lpr' 'R_BROWSER=/usr/bin/xdg-open' 'R_PDFVIEWER=/usr/bin/xdg-open' 'PKG_CONFIG_PATH=:/usr/lib64/pkgconfig:/usr/share/pkgconfig' 'CC=gcc -m64' 'CFLAGS=-O2 -flto=auto -ffat-lto-objects -fexceptions -g -grecord-gcc-switches -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1 -fstack-protector-strong -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-annobin-cc1  -m64 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection' 'LDFLAGS=-Wl,-z,relro -Wl,--as-needed  -Wl,-z,now -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-ld ' 'FC=gfortran -m64' 'FCFLAGS=-O2 -flto=auto -ffat-lto-objects -fexceptions -g -grecord-gcc-switches -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1 -fstack-protector-strong -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-annobin-cc1  -m64 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection --no-optimize-sibling-calls' 'CXX=g++ -m64' 'CXXFLAGS=-O2 -flto=auto -ffat-lto-objects -fexceptions -g -grecord-gcc-switches -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1 -fstack-protector-strong -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-annobin-cc1  -m64 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection' 'LT_SYS_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib64:'
13c13
< BLAS_LIBS = -lopenblas
---
> BLAS_LIBS = -lflexiblas
16c16
< CFLAGS = -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong -grecord-gcc-switches -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1 -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-annobin-cc1 -m64 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection -fcf-protection $(LTO)
---
> CFLAGS = -O2 -flto=auto -ffat-lto-objects -fexceptions -g -grecord-gcc-switches -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1 -fstack-protector-strong -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-annobin-cc1  -m64 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection $(LTO)
23c23
< CXXFLAGS = -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong -grecord-gcc-switches -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1 -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-annobin-cc1 -m64 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection -fcf-protection $(LTO)
---
> CXXFLAGS = -O2 -flto=auto -ffat-lto-objects -fexceptions -g -grecord-gcc-switches -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1 -fstack-protector-strong -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-annobin-cc1  -m64 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection $(LTO)
26c26
< CXX11FLAGS = -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong -grecord-gcc-switches -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1 -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-annobin-cc1 -m64 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection -fcf-protection $(LTO)
---
> CXX11FLAGS = -O2 -flto=auto -ffat-lto-objects -fexceptions -g -grecord-gcc-switches -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1 -fstack-protector-strong -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-annobin-cc1  -m64 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection $(LTO)
30c30
< CXX14FLAGS = -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong -grecord-gcc-switches -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1 -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-annobin-cc1 -m64 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection -fcf-protection $(LTO)
---
> CXX14FLAGS = -O2 -flto=auto -ffat-lto-objects -fexceptions -g -grecord-gcc-switches -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1 -fstack-protector-strong -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-annobin-cc1  -m64 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection $(LTO)
34c34
< CXX17FLAGS = -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong -grecord-gcc-switches -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1 -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-annobin-cc1 -m64 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection -fcf-protection $(LTO)
---
> CXX17FLAGS = -O2 -flto=auto -ffat-lto-objects -fexceptions -g -grecord-gcc-switches -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1 -fstack-protector-strong -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-annobin-cc1  -m64 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection $(LTO)
38c38
< CXX20FLAGS = -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong -grecord-gcc-switches -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1 -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-annobin-cc1 -m64 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection -fcf-protection $(LTO)
---
> CXX20FLAGS = -O2 -flto=auto -ffat-lto-objects -fexceptions -g -grecord-gcc-switches -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1 -fstack-protector-strong -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-annobin-cc1  -m64 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection $(LTO)
54c54
< FCFLAGS = -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong -grecord-gcc-switches -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1 -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-annobin-cc1 -m64 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection -fcf-protection --no-optimize-sibling-calls $(LTO_FC)
---
> FCFLAGS = -O2 -flto=auto -ffat-lto-objects -fexceptions -g -grecord-gcc-switches -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1 -fstack-protector-strong -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-annobin-cc1  -m64 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection --no-optimize-sibling-calls $(LTO_FC)
57c57
< FFLAGS = -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong -grecord-gcc-switches -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1 -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-annobin-cc1 -m64 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection -fcf-protection --no-optimize-sibling-calls $(LTO_FC)
---
> FFLAGS = -O2 -flto=auto -ffat-lto-objects -fexceptions -g -grecord-gcc-switches -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1 -fstack-protector-strong -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-annobin-cc1  -m64 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection --no-optimize-sibling-calls $(LTO_FC)
65c65
< JAVAH = /bin/javah
---
> JAVAH = 
70c70
< JAVA_LIBS = -L$(JAVA_HOME)/lib/amd64/server -ljvm
---
> JAVA_LIBS = -L$(JAVA_HOME)/lib/server -ljvm
73c73
< LDFLAGS = -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,--as-needed  -Wl,-z,now -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-ld
---
> LDFLAGS = -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,--as-needed  -Wl,-z,now -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-ld 
100c100
< SAFE_FFLAGS = -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong -grecord-gcc-switches -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1 -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-annobin-cc1 -m64 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection -fcf-protection --no-optimize-sibling-calls -msse2 -mfpmath=sse
---
> SAFE_FFLAGS = -O2 -flto=auto -ffat-lto-objects -fexceptions -g -grecord-gcc-switches -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1 -fstack-protector-strong -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-annobin-cc1  -m64 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection --no-optimize-sibling-calls -msse2 -mfpmath=sse

I would think it’s best to stay updated with the latest recommended configurations, but I don’t know whether the issue is with my setup or a fault in the new config. Ideas?

This needs make installed, though I think newer versions of gcc should avoid that.

If that’s not it, then you should post what’s in config.log.

But also, you can do sudo dnf install R-stringi; it’s already packaged in Fedora.

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‘make’ is installed.

I can’t get at the config.log which is really needed to know the error, because after the failure the temporary directory is automatically deleted. Trying a suggestion of R CMD INSTALL --no-clean-on-error stringi_1.5.3.tar.gz with the tarball downloaded from CRAN, still deletes the log despite the flag. Is there an option to avoid that?

I would rather install packages in R directly, and besides, if there is an issue I want it resolved, not just worked around.

Here is (part of) the config.log failure with the F33 Makeconf: https://paste.centos.org/view/67646cd4
And here is the config.log success with the F32 Makeconf: https://paste.centos.org/view/4fa41aee

Running ./configure with the source tarball for the stringi package downloaded from CRAN succeeds without problems for both F33 and F32 versions of /usr/lib64/R/etc/Makeconf.

I have an issue open here, where it was suggested more eyes are needed on this issue: Issue #1: Potential issue with default Makeconf provided by R-core after upgrading to Fedora 33 - fedora-r-packages - Pagure.io

Solved by changing MAKE=${MAKE-'make -j16'} to MAKE=${MAKE-'make'} in /usr/lib64/R/etc/Renviron .

I had added -j16 years ago to make system-wide use of multi-threading, and it had been fine through multiple Fedora and R upgrades until now. Multi-threading is still enabled at the user level via ~/.R/Makevars with contents MAKEFLAGS = -j16 .

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