[Rd] CRAN Check warnings with GCC 8.1

Some time ago I (and some other CRAN package maintainers) got an email from Brian Ripley (copied below) regarding compiler warnings under gcc 8.1. In my case this concerns package PropClust (https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=PropClust). The check with gcc 8.1 (https://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/bdr/gc

Re: [Rd] makeCluster Stall on 32-bit Windows

Good day, The problem happens when using the makeCluster function from either parallel or snow packages. I do not see a dialog box appear regarding Windows Firewall. Turning off the firewall doesn't resolve the issue. I originally experienced this issue while using bplapply defined in BiocParal