install.packages hangs RGui with frozen rpwd process at bottom of process tree (PR#13734)

astokes at esica.com wrote:
Full_Name: Allan Stokes
Version: 2.8.1
OS: XP
Submission from: (NULL) (24.108.0.245)

I've just spent a hellish six hours trying to create my own R package 
with a
bare bones "hello world" R function inside.  I was able to create a
package.tar.gz file eventually with much perseverance. 
My remaining problem is that when I try to install my simple package 
under RGui,
it hangs. 
install.packages("c:/testR/scupper_1.0.tar.gz", repos=NULL, 
type="source",
lib="c:/allanR")

Please try to install from Windows command shell using "R CMD INSTALL" 
and tell us what you see there.
Note also that the install scripts have been largely rewritten for 
R-2.9.0 which is current.
By the way, this is not a bug in R. Hence please do not file such 
messages a bug reports.

Uwe Ligges
Best,
Uwe Ligges

The hung process tree as shown by SysInternals Process Explorer. 
1. Rgui.exe
cmd="C:\Program Files\R\R-2.8.1\bin\Rgui.exe" cd=Z:\ 2. R.exe
cmd=C:\PROGRA~1\R\R-28~1.1\bin\R.exe CMD INSTALL -l "c:/allanR" 
"c:/allanR/scupper_1.0.tar.gz"
cd=Z:\
3. cmd.exe
cmd=C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c perl 
C:\PROGRA~1\R\R-28~1.1/bin/INSTALL -l
c:/allanR c:/allanR/scupper_1.0.tar.gz
cd=Z:\
4. perl.exe
cmd=perl C:\PROGRA~1\R\R-28~1.1/bin/INSTALL -l c:/allanR
c:/allanR/scupper_1.0.tar.gz
Z:\
5. make.exe
cmd=make --no-print-directory -C C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-28~1.1/src/gnuwin32
PKGDIR=Z:/R.INSTALL.5532 PKGNAME=scupper RLIB=c:/allanR 
DPKG=c:/allanR/scupper
scupper-LAZY=true HELP=YES WINHELP=CHM pkg-scupper
dir=C:\Program Files\R\R-2.8.1\src\gnuwin32\
6. make.exe
cmd=c:\Rtools\bin\make.exe
dir=C:\WINDOWS\system32\
7. Rpwd.exe cmd=c:\PROGRA~1\R\R-28~1.1\src\gnuwin32\Rpwd.exe ../..
dir=C:\Program Files\R\R-2.8.1\src\gnuwin32\

First, one stupid thing is that one time I ran the make cmd under the 
CMD prompt
and it successfully generated a CHM file, as shown by this fragment of 
the
output I captured:
 >>> Building/Updating help pages for package 'scupper'
     Formats: text html latex example chm
Microsoft HTML Help Compiler 4.74.8702

Compiling z:\R.INSTALL.6416\scupper\chm\scupper.chm

Compile time: 0 minutes, 0 seconds
1       Topic
0       Local links
0       Internet links
1       Graphic

Created z:\R.INSTALL.6416\scupper\chm\scupper.chm, 14,448 bytes
Compression increased file by 9,624 bytes.

That didn't work when I tried it again, but the R temp directories 
sometimes
vanish in the meantime. 
Using System Internals File Monitor, I can see the last access to the 
file
system by rpwd.exe
9:25:26 PM    Rpwd.exe:6328    QUERY INFORMATION
C:\PROGRA~1\R\R-28~1.1\src\gnuwin32\Rpwd.exe    SUCCESS    
FileNameInformation   
9:25:26 PM    Rpwd.exe:6328    OPEN    
C:\WINDOWS\Prefetch\RPWD.EXE-1615C3C8.pf    SUCCESS
Options: Open  Access: Read   
9:25:26 PM    Rpwd.exe:6328    QUERY INFORMATION
C:\WINDOWS\Prefetch\RPWD.EXE-1615C3C8.pf    SUCCESS    Length: 3882   
9:25:26 PM    Rpwd.exe:6328    READ     
C:\WINDOWS\Prefetch\RPWD.EXE-1615C3C8.pf    SUCCESS
Offset: 0 Length: 3882   
9:25:26 PM    Rpwd.exe:6328    OPEN    C:    SUCCESS    Options: Open  
Access: 00100180   
9:25:26 PM    Rpwd.exe:6328    QUERY INFORMATION    C:    SUCCESS    
FileFsVolumeInformation   
9:25:26 PM    Rpwd.exe:6328    OPEN    C:\    SUCCESS    Options: Open 
Directory  Access:
00100001   
9:25:26 PM    Rpwd.exe:6328    DIRECTORY    C:\    SUCCESS    
FileNamesInformation   
9:25:26 PM    Rpwd.exe:6328    DIRECTORY    C:\    NO MORE FILES    
FileNamesInformation   
9:25:26 PM    Rpwd.exe:6328    OPEN    C:\PROGRA~1\    SUCCESS    
Options: Open Directory Access: 00100001   
9:25:26 PM    Rpwd.exe:6328    DIRECTORY    C:\PROGRA~1\    SUCCESS    
FileNamesInformation   
9:25:26 PM    Rpwd.exe:6328    DIRECTORY    C:\PROGRA~1\    NO MORE FILES
FileNamesInformation   
9:25:26 PM    Rpwd.exe:6328    OPEN    C:\PROGRA~1\R\    SUCCESS    
Options: Open Directory Access: 00100001   
9:25:26 PM    Rpwd.exe:6328    DIRECTORY    C:\PROGRA~1\R\    
SUCCESS    FileNamesInformation   
9:25:26 PM    Rpwd.exe:6328    DIRECTORY    C:\PROGRA~1\R\    NO MORE 
FILES
FileNamesInformation   
9:25:26 PM    Rpwd.exe:6328    OPEN    C:\PROGRA~1\R\R-28~1.1\    
SUCCESS    Options: Open
Directory  Access: 00100001   
9:25:26 PM    Rpwd.exe:6328    DIRECTORY    C:\PROGRA~1\R\R-28~1.1\    
SUCCESS
FileNamesInformation   
9:25:26 PM    Rpwd.exe:6328    DIRECTORY    C:\PROGRA~1\R\R-28~1.1\    
NO MORE FILES
FileNamesInformation   
9:25:26 PM    Rpwd.exe:6328    OPEN    C:\PROGRA~1\R\R-28~1.1\SRC\    
SUCCESS    Options: Open
Directory  Access: 00100001   
9:25:26 PM    Rpwd.exe:6328    DIRECTORY    
C:\PROGRA~1\R\R-28~1.1\SRC\    SUCCESS
FileNamesInformation   
9:25:26 PM    Rpwd.exe:6328    DIRECTORY    
C:\PROGRA~1\R\R-28~1.1\SRC\    NO MORE FILES
FileNamesInformation   
9:25:26 PM    Rpwd.exe:6328    OPEN    
C:\PROGRA~1\R\R-28~1.1\SRC\GNUWIN32\    SUCCESS
Options: Open Directory  Access: 00100001   
9:25:26 PM    Rpwd.exe:6328    DIRECTORY    
C:\PROGRA~1\R\R-28~1.1\SRC\GNUWIN32\    SUCCESS
FileNamesInformation   
9:25:26 PM    Rpwd.exe:6328    DIRECTORY    
C:\PROGRA~1\R\R-28~1.1\SRC\GNUWIN32\    NO MORE
FILES    FileNamesInformation   
9:25:26 PM    Rpwd.exe:6328    OPEN    C:\WINDOWS\    SUCCESS    
Options: Open Directory Access: 00100001   
9:25:26 PM    Rpwd.exe:6328    DIRECTORY    C:\WINDOWS\    SUCCESS    
FileNamesInformation   
9:25:26 PM    Rpwd.exe:6328    DIRECTORY    C:\WINDOWS\    SUCCESS    
FileNamesInformation   
9:25:26 PM    Rpwd.exe:6328    DIRECTORY    C:\WINDOWS\    NO MORE FILES
FileNamesInformation   
9:25:26 PM    Rpwd.exe:6328    OPEN    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\    
SUCCESS    Options: Open
Directory  Access: 00100001   
9:25:26 PM    Rpwd.exe:6328    DIRECTORY    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\    
SUCCESS
FileNamesInformation   
9:25:26 PM    Rpwd.exe:6328    DIRECTORY    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\    
SUCCESS
FileNamesInformation   
9:25:26 PM    Rpwd.exe:6328    DIRECTORY    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\    
SUCCESS
FileNamesInformation   
9:25:26 PM    Rpwd.exe:6328    DIRECTORY    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\    
SUCCESS
FileNamesInformation   
9:25:26 PM    Rpwd.exe:6328    DIRECTORY    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\    
SUCCESS
FileNamesInformation   
9:25:26 PM    Rpwd.exe:6328    DIRECTORY    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\    
SUCCESS
FileNamesInformation   
9:25:26 PM    Rpwd.exe:6328    DIRECTORY    C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\    NO 
MORE FILES
FileNamesInformation   
9:25:26 PM    Rpwd.exe:6328    OPEN    
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\NTDLL.DLL    SUCCESS    Options:
Open  Access: 00000081   
9:25:26 PM    Rpwd.exe:6328    QUERY INFORMATION    
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\NTDLL.DLL    SUCCESS
Length: 714752   
9:25:26 PM    Rpwd.exe:6328    OPEN    
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\KERNEL32.DLL    SUCCESS    Options:
Open  Access: 00000081   
9:25:26 PM    Rpwd.exe:6328    QUERY INFORMATION    
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\KERNEL32.DLL
SUCCESS    Length: 989696   
9:25:26 PM    Rpwd.exe:6328    OPEN    
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\UNICODE.NLS    SUCCESS    Options:
Open  Access: 00000081   
9:25:26 PM    Rpwd.exe:6328    QUERY INFORMATION    
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\UNICODE.NLS
SUCCESS    Length: 89588   
9:25:26 PM    Rpwd.exe:6328    OPEN    
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\LOCALE.NLS    SUCCESS    Options:
Open  Access: 00000081   
9:25:26 PM    Rpwd.exe:6328    QUERY INFORMATION    
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\LOCALE.NLS
SUCCESS    Length: 265948   
9:25:26 PM    Rpwd.exe:6328    OPEN    
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\SORTTBLS.NLS    SUCCESS    Options:
Open  Access: 00000081   
9:25:26 PM    Rpwd.exe:6328    QUERY INFORMATION    
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\SORTTBLS.NLS
SUCCESS    Length: 23044   
9:25:26 PM    Rpwd.exe:6328    OPEN    
C:\PROGRA~1\R\R-28~1.1\SRC\GNUWIN32\RPWD.EXE
SUCCESS    Options: Open  Access: 00000081   
9:25:26 PM    Rpwd.exe:6328    QUERY INFORMATION
C:\PROGRA~1\R\R-28~1.1\SRC\GNUWIN32\RPWD.EXE    SUCCESS    Length: 
9216   
9:25:26 PM    Rpwd.exe:6328    OPEN    
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\MSVCRT.DLL    SUCCESS    Options:
Open  Access: 00000081   
9:25:26 PM    Rpwd.exe:6328    QUERY INFORMATION    
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\MSVCRT.DLL
SUCCESS    Length: 343040   
9:25:26 PM    Rpwd.exe:6328    OPEN    
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\NTDLL.DLL    SUCCESS    Options:
Open  Access: Execute   
9:25:26 PM    Rpwd.exe:6328    OPEN    
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\KERNEL32.DLL    SUCCESS    Options:
Open  Access: Execute   
9:25:26 PM    Rpwd.exe:6328    OPEN    
C:\PROGRA~1\R\R-28~1.1\SRC\GNUWIN32\RPWD.EXE
SUCCESS    Options: Open  Access: Execute   
9:25:26 PM    Rpwd.exe:6328    OPEN    
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\MSVCRT.DLL    SUCCESS    Options:
Open  Access: Execute   

I've tried this under Rtools 2.9 and then 2.8.  I also updated my 
Cygwin config
(which was pretty current). 
No dice. 
My little package contains an R function as such:
`ahoy` <-
function () { cat ("Shiver me timbers!\n")}

And a DESCRIPTION file like this:
Package: scupper
Type: Package
Title: Ship ahoy
Version: 1.0
Date: 2009-05-30
Author: Allan Stokes
Maintainer: <astokes at esica.com>
Description: Responds to ahoy() greeting.  License: internal use only
LazyLoad: yes

There are empty data, man, and test directories. 
I would reboot my system and try again, but I'd have to shut down 30 
programs on
nine desktops, and I haven't got that many lives.  I have been sure to 
restart
RGui with the correct PATH env. for each test run.

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