[Rd] R CMD check not running examples under Windows

[Andy Bunn]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Uwe Ligges [mailto:ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 2:03 AM
> To: Andy Bunn
> Cc: r-devel at r-project.org
> Subject: Re: [Rd] R CMD check not running examples under Windows
> 
> My suggestion is to submit the package to the win-builder service and
> look whether that one checks your example, then you know if it is the
> package or your setup that causes the problem.

Uwe, thanks for the tip but the issue is definitely my system - not the package. I've built a skeleton using package.skeleton() and the same phenomenon occurs. Same with checking CRAN packages from source. If it is a problem with my system - how do I go about trouble shooting?



> 
> Best,
> Uwe Ligges
> 
> 
> Andy Bunn wrote:
> > All,
> >
> >
> > I have a fresh build of R 2.8.0 from source on Windows XP using the
> latest Rtools binary (Rtools29.exe). All appears to be well with the
> install and make check-all exits cleanly. However, when running R CMD
> check mypkg the program jumps from checking for non-ASCII to checking
> the PDF version of the manual:
> >
> > * checking data for non-ASCII characters ... OK
> > * checking PDF version of manual ... OK
> >
> > It skips the making the R-ex subdir and checking the examples. Here
> is the complete log:
> >
> >
> > * using log directory 'C:/Data/research/dplR_dev/dplR.Rcheck'
> > * using R version 2.8.0 (2008-10-20)
> > * using session charset: ISO8859-1
> > * checking for file 'dplR/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
> > * checking extension type ... Package
> > * this is package 'dplR' version '1.1.5'
> > * checking package name space information ... OK
> > * checking package dependencies ... OK
> > * checking if this is a source package ... OK
> > * checking for .dll and .exe files ... OK
> > * checking whether package 'dplR' can be installed ... OK
> > * checking package directory ... OK
> > * checking for portable file names ... OK
> > * checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... OK
> > * checking top-level files ... OK
> > * checking index information ... OK
> > * checking package subdirectories ... OK
> > * checking R files for non-ASCII characters ... OK
> > * checking R files for syntax errors ... OK
> > * checking whether the package can be loaded ... OK
> > * checking whether the package can be loaded with stated dependencies
> ... OK
> > * checking whether the name space can be loaded with stated
> dependencies ... OK
> > * checking for unstated dependencies in R code ... OK
> > * checking S3 generic/method consistency ... OK
> > * checking replacement functions ... OK
> > * checking foreign function calls ... OK
> > * checking R code for possible problems ... OK
> > * checking Rd files ... OK
> > * checking Rd cross-references ... OK
> > * checking for missing documentation entries ... OK
> > * checking for code/documentation mismatches ... OK
> > * checking Rd \usage sections ... OK
> > * checking data for non-ASCII characters ... OK
> > * checking PDF version of manual ... OK
> >
> > I am running this with no flags yet it seems like I'm outside this
> line in the check script:
> >   if($opt_examples && (-d &file_path($library, $pkgname, "R-ex"))) {
> >
> > Here is the version:
> >> version
> >                _
> > platform       i386-pc-mingw32
> > arch           i386
> > os             mingw32
> > system         i386, mingw32
> > status
> > major          2
> > minor          8.0
> > year           2008
> > month          10
> > day            20
> > svn rev        46754
> > language       R
> > version.string R version 2.8.0 (2008-10-20)
> >
> >
> > And the PATH:
> > C:\Data\research\dplR_dev>PATH
> > PATH=c:\Rtools\bin;c:\Rtools\perl\bin;c:\Rtools\MinGW\bin;C:\R\R-
> 2.8.0\bin\;C:\P
> > rogram Files\HTML Help Workshop\;C:\Program Files\MiKTeX
> 2.6\miktex\bin;C:\cygwi
> >
> n\bin;C:\FWTools2.2.6\bin;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\Sys
> tem32\Wbe
> > m;C:\WINDOWS\system32\nls;C:\WINDOWS\system32\nls\ENGLISH;C:\Program
> Files\Novel
> > l\ZENworks\;C:\Program
> Files\QuickTime\QTSystem;C:\ArcGIS\arcexe9x\bin;C:\Progra
> > m Files\Common Files\GTK\2.0\bin;C:\Program Files\GPS Pathfinder
> Office 3.10;C:\
> > dpl;C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTSystem\;C:\Program Files\SSH
> Communications Sec
> > urity\SSH Secure Shell;Z:.;
> >
> > I expect some cygwin or perl issue but I'm not sure how to proceed in
> tracking this down. Cygwin is a fresh install as well. Any suggestions
> on what to do next greatly appreciated.
> >
> > -A
> >
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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