On 18/06/2014 09:11, Renaud Gaujoux wrote:
Thank you for the replies and hints.
A 'pre-built windows binary' of what?
Sorry this was not clear, src/ contains source code for a binary
executable, which produces no .lib or .dll.
It is all fine in a R development environment:
* On Linux, the executable is compiled and copied to
R_PACKAGE_DIR/binR_ARCH using a custom install.libs.R script.
* Same thing on Windows, if Rtools is installed, install.packages
compiles and installs both 32 and 64 bits .exe.
You can easily ship a DLL or .exe for use on Windows: just make use of
configure.win and/or Makefile.win. If you have a Makefile.win it will
override the normal procedures for directory src.
I have tried using Makevars.win, but this requires make to be
installed (as by Rtools). So I guess using Makefile.win would also not
work, on a classic non-development geared Windows host.
Would using configure.win work without Rtools?
Maybe. Read the documentation and sources for yourself (see below).
OTOH, shipping something in exec will be installed everywhere.
True, although it seems that sub-directories of exec/ are actually not
installed though. Is this intentional?
Yes, *and documented* (including that it should not be used for Windows
executables).
Neither I nor R-devel is a documentation-reading service: do read
http://www.r-project.org/posting-guide.html very carefully.
Watch out for sub-architectures: 'Windows' is in fact two platforms. We
have over the years seen a lot of problem with people shipping 64-bit
Windows binaries: 32-bit Windows does not recognize those.
Indeed, and I think I properly take care of this in install.libs.R.
@Grabriel: the package is provided as a source package. This one is
installable locally from file, although in may case users actually get
it through a personal CRAN-like repository, using argument
type='both'.
Thank you.
Bests,
Renaud
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