This is all a bit above my head but as a Windows user I have always
interpreted NeedsCompilation as meaning I could install it without
having to wait for binaries to appear on CRAN. I do not need Rtools for
my own packages so I have never installed it.
Michael
On 17/05/2025 09:13, Iñaki Ucar
On 17 May 2025 at 10:13, Iñaki Ucar wrote:
| El sáb., 17 may. 2025 4:03, Hervé Pagès
| escribió:
|
| > FWIW NeedsCompilation is a misnomer. IIRC when I was discussing this
| > feature with R core members many years ago, it doesn't only flag
| > packages that require compilation (and thus contai
El sáb., 17 may. 2025 4:03, Hervé Pagès
escribió:
> FWIW NeedsCompilation is a misnomer. IIRC when I was discussing this
> feature with R core members many years ago, it doesn't only flag
> packages that require compilation (and thus contain arch-specific binary
> files), but it is more generally
