[Rd] R-devel_2015-09-14 throws an error in reg-packages test

2015-09-16 Thread Avraham Adler 
Hello.

I have successfully built R on windows scores of times, and have never
come across this problem. For this build, I am using the current 4.6.3
prerelease version of Rtools, Windows7 64 bit, and
R-devel_2015-09-14.tar.gz

When running make check, I get the following error:


running code in 'reg-packages.R' ...make[3]: *** [reg-packages.Rout] Error 1
make[2]: *** [test-Reg] Error 2
make[1]: *** [test-all-basics] Error 1
make: *** [check] Error 2


Looking at reg-packages.Rout.fail shows:

>
> ## else w/o clause:
> ## could use file.copy(recursive = TRUE)
> system(paste('cp -R', shQuote(pkgSrcPath), shQuote(tempdir(
> pkgPath <- file.path(tempdir(), "Pkgs")
> ## pkgB tests an empty R directory
> dir.create(file.path(pkgPath, "pkgB", "R"), recursive = TRUE,
+showWarnings = FALSE)
> p.lis <- if("Matrix" %in% row.names(installed.packages(.Library)))
+  c("pkgA", "pkgB", "exNSS4") else "exNSS4"
> for(p. in p.lis) {
+ cat("building package", p., "...\n")
+ r <- build.pkg(file.path(pkgPath, p.))
+ cat("installing package", p., "using file", r, "...\n")
+ ## we could install the tar file ... (see build.pkg()'s definition)
+ install.packages(r, lib = "myLib", repos=NULL, type = "source")
+ stopifnot(require(p.,lib = "myLib", character.only=TRUE))
+ detach(pos = match(p., sub("^package:","", search(
+ }
building package pkgA ...
Error: dir.exists(dir) is not TRUE
Execution halted

This error does NOT occur when building R-patched_2015-09-13, so it
must be something in R-devel.

A similar question was asked previously in 2012, once on r-help [1]
and once here [2], but did not receive any answer.

Any and all suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

Avi

[1] 
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Re: [Rd] R-devel_2015-09-14 throws an error in reg-packages test

2015-09-16 Thread Jeroen Ooms 
On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 9:32 PM, Avraham Adler  wrote:

> When running make check, I get the following error:
>
> running code in 'reg-packages.R' ...make[3]: *** [reg-packages.Rout] Error 1
> make[2]: *** [test-Reg] Error 2
> make[1]: *** [test-all-basics] Error 1
> make: *** [check] Error 2
>
> Looking at reg-packages.Rout.fail shows

The r-devel commit log [1] shows that Martin has been working on this
test over the past few days. Sometimes work-in-progress causes the
daily svn snapshot to be broken; typically it gets fixed the next day
or so. If you don't want to wait, try building
R-devel_2015-09-10.tar.gz that one works.

[1] https://github.com/wch/r-source/commits/trunk

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[Rd] RSiteSearch, sos, rdocumentation.org, ...?

2015-09-16 Thread Spencer Graves 

Hello:


  What search capabilities seem most valuable for R users, and how 
can those needs most easily be met?



  I ask, because the database behind RSiteSearch and sos is based 
on Namazu, which is no longer maintained, and Jonathan Baron, who 
maintains that database, is considering alternatives. 
"rdocumentation.org" provides some but apparently not all of the desired 
capabilities.



  Might this be an appropriate time to consider a redesign of 
search capabilities for R?  The "sos" package is designed to search 
packages more than help pages.  Unfortunately, I don't understand how it 
interfaces with the database.  If changes to Baron's database break 
findFn{sos}, I'd like help in fixing the problem -- or in deciding to 
discontinue sos in favor of something else.  (Of course, if changes to 
Baron's database break findFn, RSiteSearch may need comparable maintenance.)



  Thanks,
  Spencer

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