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data.table fails to load on R-4.6-x86_64

On Mon, 16 Mar 2026 13:23:59 +0100
Jeroen Ooms <jeroenooms at gmail.com> wrote:

            
That's strange, data.table is supposed to use IS_GROWABLE only on old
enough R where it needs the new APIs backported (testing both
R_Version() and the SVN revision). 'llvm-otool-14 -Vt data_table.so'
shows calls to IS_GROWABLE() & TRUELENGTH(), and also data.table's own
backports of R_resizeVector() & R_maxLength() & friends being present
inside the package dynamic library.

I would expect something like this to happen only if
data.table_1.18.2.1.tgz (January 2026) was built using R-devel prior to
r89077 (November 2025). Are the build logs of 4.6 binaries for
big-sur-x86_64 available anywhere?