[Rd] Testing R build when using --without-recommended-packages?

[Dirk Eddelbuettel]

On 4 May 2021 at 11:25, Henrik Bengtsson wrote:
| FWIW,
| 
| $ ./configure --help
| ...
|   --with-recommended-packages
|                           use/install recommended R packages [yes]

Of course. But look at the verb in your Subject: no optionality _in testing_ there.

You obviously need to be able to build R itself to then build the recommended
packages you need for testing.

Dirk

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