RSRuby build problem with Lubuntu 12.10

[josepm]

user@ubuntu:~$ uname -a
Linux ubuntu 3.5.0-18-generic #29-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 19 10:27:31 UTC 2012 i686 athlon i686 GNU/Linux

user@ubuntu:~$ ruby --version
ruby 1.9.3p194 (2012-04-20 revision 35410) [i686-linux]

user@ubuntu:~$ R --version
R version 2.15.1 (2012-06-22)

user@ubuntu:~$ sudo gem install rsruby -- --with-R-dir=/usr/lib/R/ --with-R-include=/usr/share/R/include/
Building native extensions. This could take a while...
ERROR: Error installing rsruby:
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

    /usr/bin/ruby1.9.1 extconf.rb --with-R-dir=/usr/lib/R/ --with-R-include=/usr/share/R/include/

checking for main() in -lR... yes
checking for R.h... yes
creating Makefile

make
compiling robj.c
compiling R_eval.c
R_eval.c: In function ‘do_eval_expr’:
R_eval.c:64:7: error: format not a string literal and no format arguments [-Werror=format-security]
R_eval.c: In function ‘get_last_error_msg’:
R_eval.c:143:3: warning: return discards ‘const’ qualifier from pointer target type [enabled by default]
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
make: *** [R_eval.o] Error 1

Gem files will remain installed in /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/rsruby-0.5.1.1 for inspection.
Results logged to /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/rsruby-0.5.1.1/ext/gem_make.out

[josepm]

Actually the solution proposed by bluewomble in issue 7 seems to also works here:

gem install rsruby -- --with-R-include=/usr/share/R/include --with_cflags="-fPIC -g -O2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Wall -fno-strict-aliasing"

Thank you bluewomble!

[kashmatic]

Thank you josepm and bluewombie. The solution works for me too.

[xmig]

and me too - thank you!

[zbjdonald]

Thanks! It works for me too.