[R-pkg-devel] Package fails to build on Windows only, builds on GNU/Linux (parse issue)

Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan at gmail.com> wrote :

On 02/02/2016 2:23 PM, Irucka Embry wrote:

https://gitlab.com/iembry/install.load/raw/master/R/install_load.R

is

the link to raw R code for my package. I have been successful at
building the package on GNU/Linux, but building on Windows fails. I have
used R 3.2.3 in both cases.

On Windows, using readLines, this is the result of the Line 1:

[1] "???#' Check, Install and Load CRAN & USGS GRAN Packages"

When I view that line via my webmail and using Chrome browser on Windows I see a string which seems to start:

lower case i possibly with an umlaut
closing guillemet
inverted question mark
hash symbol

whereas the GNU/Linux example just starts hash symbol

Hope that helps someone

On GNU/Linux, using readLines, this is the result of Line 1:

[1] "#' Check, Install and Load CRAN & USGS GRAN Packages"


Can someone offer suggestions on how to fix this character issue for
Windows package development?

I can't see any difference there.  Is that the point, or do you see a
difference?

What is the exact error message you get when parsing?

Duncan Murdoch

I have created the R code with the Kate text editor. I have not had this
issue in the past with any of my R packages using the Kate text editor.

I have a few packages that have the same issue.

Thank you.

Irucka Embry

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