I just post it not to forget - will try to contribute a fix. Example: CDNmoney_2003.9-2.tar.gz (in the archives section of CRAN) [There is another problem here I'll address separately.] If running solely, R CMD check CDNmoney fails to detect a failed installation on Windows. Instead, it reports: * checking whether package 'CDNmoney' can be installed ... OK Of course, the check fails later, but with some meaningless error messages. The repository maintainer's approach works (i.e. detects the problem): R INSTALL CDNmoney > install.log 2>&1 R CMD check --install="check:install.log" CDNmoney Uwe Ligges --please do not edit the information below-- Version: platform = i386-pc-mingw32 arch = i386 os = mingw32 system = i386, mingw32 status = major = 1 minor = 9.0 year = 2004 month = 04 day = 12 language = R Windows NT 4.0 (build 1381) Service Pack 6 Search Path: .GlobalEnv, package:methods, package:stats, package:graphics, package:utils, Autoloads, package:base
R CMD check on Win fails to detect failed installations (PR#6768)
2 messages · Uwe Ligges, Brian Ripley
3 days later
I think you had to be using an install log to get that message. It is true that R_system($cmd) is not returning an error code, and I've fixed that.
On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 ligges@statistik.uni-dortmund.de wrote:
I just post it not to forget - will try to contribute a fix. Example: CDNmoney_2003.9-2.tar.gz (in the archives section of CRAN) [There is another problem here I'll address separately.] If running solely, R CMD check CDNmoney fails to detect a failed installation on Windows. Instead, it reports: * checking whether package 'CDNmoney' can be installed ... OK Of course, the check fails later, but with some meaningless error messages. The repository maintainer's approach works (i.e. detects the problem): R INSTALL CDNmoney > install.log 2>&1 R CMD check --install="check:install.log" CDNmoney Uwe Ligges --please do not edit the information below-- Version: platform = i386-pc-mingw32 arch = i386 os = mingw32 system = i386, mingw32 status = major = 1 minor = 9.0 year = 2004 month = 04 day = 12 language = R Windows NT 4.0 (build 1381) Service Pack 6 Search Path: .GlobalEnv, package:methods, package:stats, package:graphics, package:utils, Autoloads, package:base
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