In this case the signature of the Rcairo_new_pdf_backend funciton definition didn't match the one in the declaration (the final SEXP argument was missing), causing the compilation to fail.
I found this while compiling the CRAN version 1.6.2, but this file hasn't been touched in a long time, so it probably affects older versions too.
In this case the signature of the
Rcairo_new_pdf_backend
funciton definition didn't match the one in the declaration (the finalSEXP
argument was missing), causing the compilation to fail.I found this while compiling the CRAN version 1.6.2, but this file hasn't been touched in a long time, so it probably affects older versions too.