Rcpp / gcc ignores TMPDIR

[jeroen]

The downloaded source packages are in
    '/tmp/ocpu-temp/Rtmpsh28Xt/downloaded_packages'
'/usr/lib/R/bin/R' --vanilla CMD INSTALL  \
  '/tmp/ocpu-temp/Rtmpsh28Xt/devtools503660bc0b0/plyr-master'  \
  --library='/tmp/ocpu-temp/githubdir50344f9f7bd5' --install-tests --no-docs  \
  --no-multiarch --no-demo --library="/tmp/ocpu-temp/githubdir50344f9f7bd5" 

* installing *source* package 'plyr' ...
** libs
g++ -I/usr/share/R/include -DNDEBUG   -I"/usr/lib/R/site-library/Rcpp/include"   -fpic  -O2 -pipe -g  -c RcppExports.cpp -o RcppExports.o
g++ -I/usr/share/R/include -DNDEBUG   -I"/usr/lib/R/site-library/Rcpp/include"   -fpic  -O2 -pipe -g  -c loop-apply.cpp -o loop-apply.o
g++ -I/usr/share/R/include -DNDEBUG   -I"/usr/lib/R/site-library/Rcpp/include"   -fpic  -O2 -pipe -g  -c split-numeric.cpp -o split-numeric.o
g++ -shared -o plyr.so RcppExports.o loop-apply.o split-numeric.o Fatal error: creating temporary file for '-e' failed -L/usr/lib/R/lib -lR
g++: error: Fatal: No such file or directory
g++: error: error:: No such file or directory

Server log says:

Dec  1 11:59:27 dev kernel: [1900252.948160] type=1400 audit(1385927967.425:117): apparmor="DENIED" operation="mknod" parent=20243 profile="opencpu-main" name="/tmp/tmpf6YxP0s" pid=20244 comm="R" requested_mask="c" denied_mask="c" fsuid=33 ouid=33
Dec  1 11:59:27 dev kernel: [1900252.960051] type=1400 audit(1385927967.437:118): apparmor="DENIED" operation="mknod" parent=20252 profile="opencpu-main" name="/tmp/tmpfUbFrRw" pid=20253 comm="R" requested_mask="c" denied_mask="c" fsuid=33 ouid=33

[jeroen]

Seems like a bug in g++. See https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-devel/2013-December/068018.html

Temporary fix in place