[Rd] Inno Setup 6.0.2 fails before creating exe file on Windows (R-3.6.0)

[Jeroen Ooms]

Multiple people have now reported that the R installer does not build
with InnoSetup 6 (released last week). The inno log shows this error:

  Error on line 12 in src\gnuwin32\installer\R.iss: Minimum NT version
specified by MinVersion must be at least 6.0. (Windows 2000/XP/Server
2003 are no longer supported.)
  Compile aborted.

Hence to fix this, the "MinVersion" parameter in
src/gnuwin32/installer/header1.iss should be increased from 0,5.0 to
0,6.0. I confirmed this resolves the problem. Could somebody commit
this please?

See also: http://www.jrsoftware.org/is6help/index.php?topic=setup_minversion



On Sun, Apr 28, 2019 at 11:07 AM Avraham Adler <avraham.adler using gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I am working on compiling R-3.6.0 for Windows 10 64bit using rtools40
> (beta 11). I had also installed the most recent update of Inno setup,
> which is now 6.0.2.With that version, `make risntaller` fails at the
> call to ""C:/R/Inno/iscc" R.iss > R-3.6.0.log 2>&1" and just exits,
> pointing to line 175 of the makefile which is:
>
> $(RPREFIX)-win.exe: R.iss
>     "$(ISDIR)/iscc" R.iss > $(RPREFIX).log 2>&1
>
> Reinstalling Inno Setup 5.6.1 does allow the exe file to be created.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Avi
>
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