Possible bug in package installation when R_ICU_LOCALE is set
(Belated) thanks for the confirmation, Ista. I just reported this issue on the R bug tracker: https://bugs.r-project.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17412 Best regards, - Mikko -----Alkuper?inen viesti----- L?hett?j?: Ista Zahn [mailto:istazahn at gmail.com] L?hetetty: 7. helmikuuta 2018 17:05 Vastaanottaja: Korpela Mikko (MML) Kopio: r-devel at r-project.org Aihe: Re: [Rd] Possible bug in package installation when R_ICU_LOCALE is set I can reproduce this on Linux, so it is not Windows-specific.
sessionInfo()
R version 3.4.3 (2017-11-30) Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit) Running under: Arch Linux Matrix products: default BLAS/LAPACK: /usr/lib/libopenblas_haswellp-r0.2.20.so locale: [1] LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 LC_NUMERIC=C LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8 [4] LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8 LC_MONETARY=en_US.UTF-8 LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8 [7] LC_PAPER=en_US.UTF-8 LC_NAME=C LC_ADDRESS=C [10] LC_TELEPHONE=C LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.UTF-8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C attached base packages: [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base loaded via a namespace (and not attached): [1] compiler_3.4.3 rmsfact_0.0.3 tools_3.4.3 cowsay_0.5.0 fortunes_1.5-4
On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 8:38 AM, Korpela Mikko (MML) <mikko.korpela at maanmittauslaitos.fi> wrote:
On a Windows computer (other platforms not tested), installing a
package from source may fail if the environment variable R_ICU_LOCALE
is set, depending on the package and the locale.
For example, after setting R_ICU_LOCALE to "fi_FI",
install.packages("seriation", type = "source")
(package version 1.2-3) fails with the following error:
** preparing package for lazy loading
Error in set_criterion_method("dist", "AR_events", criterion_ar_events, :
could not find function "set_criterion_method"
Error : unable to load R code in package 'seriation'
Package "Epi" (version 2.24) fails similarly:
** preparing package for lazy loading
Error in eval(exprs[i], envir) : object 'Relevel.default' not found
Error : unable to load R code in package 'Epi'
Whether R_ICU_LOCALE is set before R is launched or during the session
doesn't matter: installation of these two example packages fails
either way. If R_ICU_LOCALE is unset, calling
icuSetCollate(locale = "fi_FI")
is harmless. Browsing through the R manuals, I did not find warnings
against using R_ICU_LOCALE, or any indication why package installation
should fail with the variable being set. About the collation order of
R code files, "Writing R Extensions" says:
The default is to collate according to the 'C' locale.
I interpret this (and the surrounding text) as a "promise" to package developers that no matter what the end user does, the developer should be able to rely on the collation order being 'C' unless the developer defines another order.
sessionInfo()
R version 3.4.3 Patched (2018-02-03 r74231) Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit) Running under: Windows 7 x64 (build 7601) Service Pack 1 Matrix products: default locale: [1] LC_COLLATE=Finnish_Finland.1252 LC_CTYPE=Finnish_Finland.1252 [3] LC_MONETARY=Finnish_Finland.1252 LC_NUMERIC=C [5] LC_TIME=Finnish_Finland.1252 attached base packages: [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base loaded via a namespace (and not attached): [1] compiler_3.4.3 tools_3.4.3 -- Mikko Korpela Chief Expert, Valuations National Land Survey of Finland Opastinsilta 12 C, FI-00520 Helsinki, Finland +358 50 462 6082 www.maanmittauslaitos.fi
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