[R-pkg-devel] gdb availability on r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc
On 12.08.2023 23:19, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
On 12 August 2023 at 18:12, Uwe Ligges wrote:
| On 12.08.2023 15:10, Jamie Lentin wrote:
| > The system call in question is done by the TMB package[2], and not ours
| > to tinker with:
| >
| > ? cmd <- paste("R --vanilla < ",file," -d gdb --debugger-args=\"-x",
| > ?????????????? gdbscript,"\"")
| > ? txt <- system(cmd,intern=TRUE,ignore.stdout=FALSE,ignore.stderr=TRUE)
| >
| > My only vaguely reasonable guess is that gdb isn't available on the host
| > in question (certainly R will be!). How likely is this? Is it worth
| > trying to resubmit with the call wrapped with an "if (gdb is on the path)"?
|
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| I guess it is really not available as that system got an update.
| Note that you package does not declare any SystemRequirements. Please do
| so and mention gdb.
|
| Wrapping it in "if (gdb is on the path)" seems a good solution.
Seconded esp as some systems may have lldb instead of gdb, or neither.
Adding a simple `if (nzchar(Sys.which("gdb")))` should get you there.
Dirk
Note that also 1. The machine does not have R on the path (but Rdev) 2. you need to use a current pandoc. Citing Professor Ripley: "The platforms failing are using pandoc 3.1.6 or (newly updated, M1mac) 3.1.6.1" Best, Uwe Ligges