[R-pkg-devel] apparent infinite loop in GitHub Action on a tiny package

You're doing one strange thing:? the only code in the package is

 ? devtools::load_all()

in the single .R file.? That's a weird thing to do.

Duncan Murdoch

On 2025-09-07 3:10 p.m., Spencer Graves wrote:

Hello, All:


GitHub Action has been running on 5 platforms for over a half hour on a
tiny package:


https://github.com/sbgraves237/SS4Maddison


I'm trying to follow the current recommendation in Wickham and Bryan, R
Packages.[1] I just added ~R/MaddisonProjectData.R, documenting data
objects I have yet to add to the package, attempting to follow the
instructions in R Packages, section 7.1.2 Documenting datasets.[2]


Then "devtools::load_all()" on my local computer put R into an apparent
infinite loop.[3] After breaking out of that, I managed to replicate the
behavior on 5 platforms on GitHub Action.


What do you suggest?
Thanks,
Spencer Graves


[1] Wickham and Bryan, R Packages:


https://r-pkgs.org/


[2] Wickham and Bryan, R Packages, section 7.1.2 Documenting datasets:


https://r-pkgs.org/data.html


[3] Sys.info()
??????????????????????????? sysname
?????????????????????????? "Darwin"
??????????????????????????? release
?????????????????????????? "24.6.0"
??????????????????????????? version
"Darwin Kernel Version 24.6.0: Mon Jul 14 11:30:30 PDT 2025;
root:xnu-11417.140.69~1/RELEASE_ARM64_T6020"
?????????????????????????? nodename
????????????????????????????? "Mac"
??????????????????????????? machine
??????????????????????????? "arm64"
????????????????????????????? login
???????????????????????????? "root"
?????????????????????????????? user
?????????????????????????????? "sg"
???????????????????? effective_user
?????????????????????????????? "sg"