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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Rcpp compilation issue on Alpine distribution","articleBody":"```\n\"Command failed (1)\n\nFailed to run system command:\n\n'/usr/lib/R/bin/R' --vanilla CMD INSTALL '/tmp/RtmpDPDGNf/Rcpp' --library='/app/packrat/lib/x86_64-alpine-linux-musl/3.2.3' --install-tests --no-docs --no-multiarch --no-demo\nThe command failed with output:\n* installing *source* package 'Rcpp' ...\n** package 'Rcpp' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked\n** libs\nx86_64-alpine-linux-musl-g++ -I/usr/lib/R/include -DNDEBUG -I../inst/include/ -Os -fomit-frame-pointer    -fpic  -Os -fomit-frame-pointer  -c Date.cpp -o Date.o\nx86_64-alpine-linux-musl-g++ -I/usr/lib/R/include -DNDEBUG -I../inst/include/ -Os -fomit-frame-pointer    -fpic  -Os -fomit-frame-pointer  -c Module.cpp -o Module.o\nx86_64-alpine-linux-musl-g++ -I/usr/lib/R/include -DNDEBUG -I../inst/include/ -Os -fomit-frame-pointer    -fpic  -Os -fomit-frame-pointer  -c Rcpp_init.cpp -o Rcpp_init.o\nx86_64-alpine-linux-musl-g++ -I/usr/lib/R/include -DNDEBUG -I../inst/include/ -Os -fomit-frame-pointer    -fpic  -Os -fomit-frame-pointer  -c api.cpp -o api.o\napi.cpp:40:30: fatal error: execinfo.h: No such file or directory\ncompilation terminated.\n/usr/lib/R/etc/Makeconf:141: recipe for target 'api.o' failed\nmake: *** [api.o] Error 1\nERROR: compilation failed for package 'Rcpp'\n* removing '/app/packrat/lib/x87_64-alpine-linux-musl/3.2.3/Rcpp'\"\n```\n\nIt seems related to https://github.com/RcppCore/Rcpp/issues/360 (although on a diferrent platform).\n\nThe code it is hitting seems to be https://github.com/RcppCore/Rcpp/blob/0.12.3/src/api.cpp#L40 \n\nAccording to the [gnulib page](https://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/manual/html_node/execinfo_002eh.html) it seems that for platforms that the file is missing it should only have a stub (do nothing).\n\n\u003e Alpine Linux is a security-oriented, lightweight Linux distribution based on musl libc\n\u003e http://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Main_Page\n\nAlpine seems to use a [different](http://www.etalabs.net/compare_libcs.html) `libc` as mentioned above\n\nIs that the Alpine distribution be covered by the `Rcpp api.cpp` to just use a stub?\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/lostie","@type":"Person","name":"lostie"},"datePublished":"2016-03-21T14:13:43.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":23},"url":"https://github.com/448/Rcpp/issues/448"}