[Rd] install.packages hangs RGui with frozen rpwd process at bottom of process tree (PR#13734)
astokes at esica.com
astokes at esica.com
Sun May 31 06:45:09 CEST 2009
Full_Name: Allan Stokes
Version: 2.8.1
OS: XP
Submission from: (NULL) (24.108.0.245)
I've just spent a hellish six hours trying to create my own R package with a
bare bones "hello world" R function inside. I was able to create a
package.tar.gz file eventually with much perseverance.
My remaining problem is that when I try to install my simple package under RGui,
it hangs.
install.packages("c:/testR/scupper_1.0.tar.gz", repos=NULL, type="source",
lib="c:/allanR")
The hung process tree as shown by SysInternals Process Explorer.
1. Rgui.exe
cmd="C:\Program Files\R\R-2.8.1\bin\Rgui.exe"
cd=Z:\
2. R.exe
cmd=C:\PROGRA~1\R\R-28~1.1\bin\R.exe CMD INSTALL -l "c:/allanR"
"c:/allanR/scupper_1.0.tar.gz"
cd=Z:\
3. cmd.exe
cmd=C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c perl C:\PROGRA~1\R\R-28~1.1/bin/INSTALL -l
c:/allanR c:/allanR/scupper_1.0.tar.gz
cd=Z:\
4. perl.exe
cmd=perl C:\PROGRA~1\R\R-28~1.1/bin/INSTALL -l c:/allanR
c:/allanR/scupper_1.0.tar.gz
Z:\
5. make.exe
cmd=make --no-print-directory -C C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-28~1.1/src/gnuwin32
PKGDIR=Z:/R.INSTALL.5532 PKGNAME=scupper RLIB=c:/allanR DPKG=c:/allanR/scupper
scupper-LAZY=true HELP=YES WINHELP=CHM pkg-scupper
dir=C:\Program Files\R\R-2.8.1\src\gnuwin32\
6. make.exe
cmd=c:\Rtools\bin\make.exe
dir=C:\WINDOWS\system32\
7. Rpwd.exe
cmd=c:\PROGRA~1\R\R-28~1.1\src\gnuwin32\Rpwd.exe ../..
dir=C:\Program Files\R\R-2.8.1\src\gnuwin32\
First, one stupid thing is that one time I ran the make cmd under the CMD prompt
and it successfully generated a CHM file, as shown by this fragment of the
output I captured:
>>> Building/Updating help pages for package 'scupper'
Formats: text html latex example chm
Microsoft HTML Help Compiler 4.74.8702
Compiling z:\R.INSTALL.6416\scupper\chm\scupper.chm
Compile time: 0 minutes, 0 seconds
1 Topic
0 Local links
0 Internet links
1 Graphic
Created z:\R.INSTALL.6416\scupper\chm\scupper.chm, 14,448 bytes
Compression increased file by 9,624 bytes.
That didn't work when I tried it again, but the R temp directories sometimes
vanish in the meantime.
Using System Internals File Monitor, I can see the last access to the file
system by rpwd.exe
9:25:26 PM Rpwd.exe:6328 QUERY INFORMATION
C:\PROGRA~1\R\R-28~1.1\src\gnuwin32\Rpwd.exe SUCCESS FileNameInformation
9:25:26 PM Rpwd.exe:6328 OPEN C:\WINDOWS\Prefetch\RPWD.EXE-1615C3C8.pf SUCCESS
Options: Open Access: Read
9:25:26 PM Rpwd.exe:6328 QUERY INFORMATION
C:\WINDOWS\Prefetch\RPWD.EXE-1615C3C8.pf SUCCESS Length: 3882
9:25:26 PM Rpwd.exe:6328 READ C:\WINDOWS\Prefetch\RPWD.EXE-1615C3C8.pf SUCCESS
Offset: 0 Length: 3882
9:25:26 PM Rpwd.exe:6328 OPEN C: SUCCESS Options: Open Access: 00100180
9:25:26 PM Rpwd.exe:6328 QUERY INFORMATION C: SUCCESS FileFsVolumeInformation
9:25:26 PM Rpwd.exe:6328 OPEN C:\ SUCCESS Options: Open Directory Access:
00100001
9:25:26 PM Rpwd.exe:6328 DIRECTORY C:\ SUCCESS FileNamesInformation
9:25:26 PM Rpwd.exe:6328 DIRECTORY C:\ NO MORE FILES FileNamesInformation
9:25:26 PM Rpwd.exe:6328 OPEN C:\PROGRA~1\ SUCCESS Options: Open Directory
Access: 00100001
9:25:26 PM Rpwd.exe:6328 DIRECTORY C:\PROGRA~1\ SUCCESS FileNamesInformation
9:25:26 PM Rpwd.exe:6328 DIRECTORY C:\PROGRA~1\ NO MORE FILES
FileNamesInformation
9:25:26 PM Rpwd.exe:6328 OPEN C:\PROGRA~1\R\ SUCCESS Options: Open Directory
Access: 00100001
9:25:26 PM Rpwd.exe:6328 DIRECTORY C:\PROGRA~1\R\ SUCCESS FileNamesInformation
9:25:26 PM Rpwd.exe:6328 DIRECTORY C:\PROGRA~1\R\ NO MORE FILES
FileNamesInformation
9:25:26 PM Rpwd.exe:6328 OPEN C:\PROGRA~1\R\R-28~1.1\ SUCCESS Options: Open
Directory Access: 00100001
9:25:26 PM Rpwd.exe:6328 DIRECTORY C:\PROGRA~1\R\R-28~1.1\ SUCCESS
FileNamesInformation
9:25:26 PM Rpwd.exe:6328 DIRECTORY C:\PROGRA~1\R\R-28~1.1\ NO MORE FILES
FileNamesInformation
9:25:26 PM Rpwd.exe:6328 OPEN C:\PROGRA~1\R\R-28~1.1\SRC\ SUCCESS Options: Open
Directory Access: 00100001
9:25:26 PM Rpwd.exe:6328 DIRECTORY C:\PROGRA~1\R\R-28~1.1\SRC\ SUCCESS
FileNamesInformation
9:25:26 PM Rpwd.exe:6328 DIRECTORY C:\PROGRA~1\R\R-28~1.1\SRC\ NO MORE FILES
FileNamesInformation
9:25:26 PM Rpwd.exe:6328 OPEN C:\PROGRA~1\R\R-28~1.1\SRC\GNUWIN32\ SUCCESS
Options: Open Directory Access: 00100001
9:25:26 PM Rpwd.exe:6328 DIRECTORY C:\PROGRA~1\R\R-28~1.1\SRC\GNUWIN32\ SUCCESS
FileNamesInformation
9:25:26 PM Rpwd.exe:6328 DIRECTORY C:\PROGRA~1\R\R-28~1.1\SRC\GNUWIN32\ NO MORE
FILES FileNamesInformation
9:25:26 PM Rpwd.exe:6328 OPEN C:\WINDOWS\ SUCCESS Options: Open Directory
Access: 00100001
9:25:26 PM Rpwd.exe:6328 DIRECTORY C:\WINDOWS\ SUCCESS FileNamesInformation
9:25:26 PM Rpwd.exe:6328 DIRECTORY C:\WINDOWS\ SUCCESS FileNamesInformation
9:25:26 PM Rpwd.exe:6328 DIRECTORY C:\WINDOWS\ NO MORE FILES
FileNamesInformation
9:25:26 PM Rpwd.exe:6328 OPEN C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ SUCCESS Options: Open
Directory Access: 00100001
9:25:26 PM Rpwd.exe:6328 DIRECTORY C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ SUCCESS
FileNamesInformation
9:25:26 PM Rpwd.exe:6328 DIRECTORY C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ SUCCESS
FileNamesInformation
9:25:26 PM Rpwd.exe:6328 DIRECTORY C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ SUCCESS
FileNamesInformation
9:25:26 PM Rpwd.exe:6328 DIRECTORY C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ SUCCESS
FileNamesInformation
9:25:26 PM Rpwd.exe:6328 DIRECTORY C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ SUCCESS
FileNamesInformation
9:25:26 PM Rpwd.exe:6328 DIRECTORY C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ SUCCESS
FileNamesInformation
9:25:26 PM Rpwd.exe:6328 DIRECTORY C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ NO MORE FILES
FileNamesInformation
9:25:26 PM Rpwd.exe:6328 OPEN C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\NTDLL.DLL SUCCESS Options:
Open Access: 00000081
9:25:26 PM Rpwd.exe:6328 QUERY INFORMATION C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\NTDLL.DLL SUCCESS
Length: 714752
9:25:26 PM Rpwd.exe:6328 OPEN C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\KERNEL32.DLL SUCCESS Options:
Open Access: 00000081
9:25:26 PM Rpwd.exe:6328 QUERY INFORMATION C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\KERNEL32.DLL
SUCCESS Length: 989696
9:25:26 PM Rpwd.exe:6328 OPEN C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\UNICODE.NLS SUCCESS Options:
Open Access: 00000081
9:25:26 PM Rpwd.exe:6328 QUERY INFORMATION C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\UNICODE.NLS
SUCCESS Length: 89588
9:25:26 PM Rpwd.exe:6328 OPEN C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\LOCALE.NLS SUCCESS Options:
Open Access: 00000081
9:25:26 PM Rpwd.exe:6328 QUERY INFORMATION C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\LOCALE.NLS
SUCCESS Length: 265948
9:25:26 PM Rpwd.exe:6328 OPEN C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\SORTTBLS.NLS SUCCESS Options:
Open Access: 00000081
9:25:26 PM Rpwd.exe:6328 QUERY INFORMATION C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\SORTTBLS.NLS
SUCCESS Length: 23044
9:25:26 PM Rpwd.exe:6328 OPEN C:\PROGRA~1\R\R-28~1.1\SRC\GNUWIN32\RPWD.EXE
SUCCESS Options: Open Access: 00000081
9:25:26 PM Rpwd.exe:6328 QUERY INFORMATION
C:\PROGRA~1\R\R-28~1.1\SRC\GNUWIN32\RPWD.EXE SUCCESS Length: 9216
9:25:26 PM Rpwd.exe:6328 OPEN C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\MSVCRT.DLL SUCCESS Options:
Open Access: 00000081
9:25:26 PM Rpwd.exe:6328 QUERY INFORMATION C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\MSVCRT.DLL
SUCCESS Length: 343040
9:25:26 PM Rpwd.exe:6328 OPEN C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\NTDLL.DLL SUCCESS Options:
Open Access: Execute
9:25:26 PM Rpwd.exe:6328 OPEN C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\KERNEL32.DLL SUCCESS Options:
Open Access: Execute
9:25:26 PM Rpwd.exe:6328 OPEN C:\PROGRA~1\R\R-28~1.1\SRC\GNUWIN32\RPWD.EXE
SUCCESS Options: Open Access: Execute
9:25:26 PM Rpwd.exe:6328 OPEN C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\MSVCRT.DLL SUCCESS Options:
Open Access: Execute
I've tried this under Rtools 2.9 and then 2.8. I also updated my Cygwin config
(which was pretty current).
No dice.
My little package contains an R function as such:
`ahoy` <-
function () { cat ("Shiver me timbers!\n")}
And a DESCRIPTION file like this:
Package: scupper
Type: Package
Title: Ship ahoy
Version: 1.0
Date: 2009-05-30
Author: Allan Stokes
Maintainer: <astokes at esica.com>
Description: Responds to ahoy() greeting.
License: internal use only
LazyLoad: yes
There are empty data, man, and test directories.
I would reboot my system and try again, but I'd have to shut down 30 programs on
nine desktops, and I haven't got that many lives. I have been sure to restart
RGui with the correct PATH env. for each test run.
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