Error while compiling the odbc package

[zamana]

Hi!

I installed RStudio Server successfully in a FreeBSD system and it is working fine.

The only issue that I found until now is an error when I try to update the ODBC package:

Here is the relevant part:

c++ -std=gnu++11 -O2 -pipe -DLIBICONV_PLUG -fstack-protector-strong -isystem /usr/local/include -fno-strict-aliasing  -DLIBICONV_PLUG -isystem /usr/local/include   -Wall -Iinclude -std=c++11 -pthread  -O -fpic -MMD  -c -o time_zone_info.o src/time_zone_info.cc
src/time_zone_info.cc:64:10: error: cannot initialize return object of type 'char *' with an rvalue of type 'int'
  return strerror_r(errnum, buf, buflen);
         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1 error generated.
gmake[1]: Leaving directory '/tmp/Rtmp5OuFem/R.INSTALL11fa45c26d6f3/odbc/src/cctz'
gmake[1]: *** [<builtin>: time_zone_info.o] Error 1
gmake: *** [Makevars:16: cctz/libcctz.a] Error 2
ERROR: compilation failed for package ‘odbc’
* removing ‘/usr/home/zamana/R/amd64-portbld-freebsd12.2-library/4.1/odbc’
Warning in install.packages :
  installation of package ‘odbc’ had non-zero exit status

It seems a programming error in the source code.

Where should I report this kind of problem?

Thanks.
Regards.

[andresrcs]

@zamana

Where should I report this kind of problem?

If you are sure this is a bug, you should file an issue on the GitHub repository

GitHub - r-dbi/odbc: Connect to ODBC databases (using the DBI interface)

Although, since FreeBSD is not an officially supported OS most likely this issue has to do with an incompatible compiler, make sure you comply with the required minimal dependencies.

odbc and it’s dependencies use C++11 features. Therefore you need gcc 4.8, clang 3.3 or Rtools 3.3 or later.

[zamana]

Hi!

Thanks for the info regarding the Github repository.

By the way, here is the C++ version that I'm using:

root@lab:~ # c++ --version
FreeBSD clang version 10.0.1 (git@github.com:llvm/llvm-project.git llvmorg-10.0.1-0-gef32c611aa2)
Target: x86_64-unknown-freebsd12.2
Thread model: posix
InstalledDir: /usr/bin