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[R-pkg-devel] Failing rhub::check_for_cran() because of data.table

2 messages · Chuck Powell, Gábor Csárdi

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Chuck Powell
# 
Hi,

My first posting.  Apologies in advance if I misspeak or am asking a dumb
question.

I maintain a small package on CRAN
https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/CGPfunctions/index.html

Source is on Github here https://github.com/ibecav/CGPfunctions/

Recently received note I needed to fix my package because of changes to
broom.  Corrections made and everything passes locally.

When I submit to rhub::check_for_cran() however it creates an error in the
development branch
*Build ID:* CGPfunctions_0.6.2.tar.gz-3e48a7f97fa04b64924552dc50b43fd2


with:

#> Error in loadNamespace(j <- i[[1L]], c(lib.loc, .libPaths()),
versionCheck = vI[[j]]) :

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<https://builder.r-hub.io/status/CGPfunctions_0.6.2.tar.gz-3e48a7f97fa04b64924552dc50b43fd2#L1181>#>
Calls: ... loadNamespace -> withRestarts -> withOneRestart ->
doWithOneRestart

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<https://builder.r-hub.io/status/CGPfunctions_0.6.2.tar.gz-3e48a7f97fa04b64924552dc50b43fd2#L1182>#>
Execution halted

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<https://builder.r-hub.io/status/CGPfunctions_0.6.2.tar.gz-3e48a7f97fa04b64924552dc50b43fd2#L1183>#>
there is no package called 'data.table'

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<https://builder.r-hub.io/status/CGPfunctions_0.6.2.tar.gz-3e48a7f97fa04b64924552dc50b43fd2#L1184>#>
ERROR: lazy loading failed for package 'CGPfunctions'

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<https://builder.r-hub.io/status/CGPfunctions_0.6.2.tar.gz-3e48a7f97fa04b64924552dc50b43fd2#L1185>#>
* removing 'C:/Users/USERDFJOuzrklm/R/CGPfunctions'



Looking at data.table on CRAN I see there is no windows binary
Windows binaries: r-devel: not available
<https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/4.1/ReadMe>,


I don't use any data.table functions, I don't import it, or suggest it or
enhance it it's being pulled in through some dependency in car and/or broom.

Am I okay to submit to CRAN?  Is there a setting I can change?
Obviously data.table exists despite what Rhub is reporting.

Thank you hopefully that is a clear enough description.

Chuck
2 days later
Gábor Csárdi
# 
Hi, this is because data.table is not available as a binary package
for R-devel, on CRAN. You can tell R to build it from source like
this:

rhub::check(
  platform="windows-x86_64-devel",
  env_vars=c(R_COMPILE_AND_INSTALL_PACKAGES = "always")
)

Btw. please report R-ghub errors in the issue tracker, e.g.
https://github.com/r-hub/rhub/issues/367#issuecomment-621757715

Thanks,
Gabor
On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 8:22 PM Chuck Powell <ibecav at gmail.com> wrote: