Thank you for confirming this. I just filed PR#18650 (https://bugs.r-project.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18650).
FWIW, I've found two other issues with startDynamicHelp() prior to this: * https://bugs.r-project.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18645 * https://bugs.r-project.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18648 /Henrik On Sat, Jan 6, 2024 at 5:53 PM Steve Martin <marbe...@protonmail.com> wrote: > > Henrik, > > I was able to reproduce this both with Rscript and interactively using the > same version of R you're using (fresh install) and Windows 10.0.22621.2715. > It took about a dozen tries. > > Steve > > > > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > On Jan 6, 2024, 12:38, Henrik Bengtsson < henrik.bengts...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > ISSUE: On MS Windows, running cmd.exe, calling Rscript --vanilla -e "port <- > tools::startDynamicHelp(); port; port <- tools::startDynamicHelp(FALSE); > port" will sometimes stall R at the end, preventing it from existing. This > also happens when running R in interactive mode. It seems to stem from > calling tools::startDynamicHelp(FALSE). Before filing a formal bug report, > can someone please confirm this behavior? You might have to call it multiple > times to hit the bug. DETAILS: Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19045.3803] > (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\Users\hb>R --version R > version 4.3.2 (2023-10-31 ucrt) -- "Eye Holes" Copyright (C) 2023 The R > Foundation for Statistical Computing Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 > (64-bit) R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. You are > welcome to redistribute it under the terms of the GNU General Public License > versions 2 or 3. For more information about these matters see > https://www.gnu.org/licenses/. C:\Users\hb> Rscript --vanilla -e "port <- > tools::startDynamicHelp(); port; port <- tools::startDynamicHelp(FALSE); > port" starting httpd help server ... done [1] 18897 [1] 0 [WORKED] > C:\Users\hb> Rscript --vanilla -e "port <- tools::startDynamicHelp(); port; > port <- tools::startDynamicHelp(FALSE); port" starting httpd help server ... > done [1] 17840 [1] 0 [STALLED] Bugwhisperer Bengtsson > ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing > list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
