[Rd] packages checks on OS X with 2.12 devel

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Tue, 10 Aug 2010, Max Kuhn wrote:

> I'm checking packages under the devel version on OS X
>
>> sessionInfo()
> R version 2.12.0 Under development (unstable) (2010-08-08 r52687)
> Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin9.8.0/x86_64 (64-bit)
>
> I install packages via install.packages with type = "source" (I stick
> to arch=x86_64). I've had no issues with installs.

What is very strange is that you seem to have built R with two archs: 
why if you don't want to use i386?  If you build R with just one arch, 
it will only install/check ... that one arch.  So this is shooting 
yourself in the foot!

> When I check packages via
>
>   R --arch=x86_64 CMD check package
>
> I see:
>
>   * using platform: x86_64-apple-darwin9.8.0 (64-bit)
> …
>   * loading checks for arch ‘i386’
> …
>   * loading checks for arch ‘x86_64’
> …
>   ** running examples for arch ‘i386’
>
> The check then fails since the packages are not installed on i386. I tried
>
>   R --arch=x86_64 --no-multiarch CMD check package
>
> but that still runs checks on x86_64 and i386. I didn't find anything
> else in the "what's new" for the latest devel version.

--no-multiarch is an option to check, not to R.

> I'd prefer not to install the full crane and bioconductor set in both
> architectures. Any suggestions (especially for the documentation that
> I'm sure exists but I can't find).

Rdev CMD check --help and the R-exts manual both cover this.

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