[R] Building package compatible w/ R v1.9.1 and R v2.0.0?

[Uwe Ligges]

Henrik Bengtsson wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> just in the process of updating my packages for R v2.0.0 and I have not had
> time to followed the R v2.0.0 discussions so maybe my questions have already
> been answered.
> 
> A concern I have is that when creating packages they should be backward
> compatible with R v1.9.x for a while until all users and computers has
> migrated to R v2.0.x. It is pretty straightforward to setup my packages so
> that they will *build from source* smoothly under both R v1.9.1 and R
> v2.0.0. 
> 
> But, is there an easy way to to build a binary (read Windows binary) so that
> it will install on R v2.0.0 as well as Rv1.9.1, or do I "have to" provide
> two seperate builds?  

Yes. Same source might work, but you need separate binaries.

Uwe Ligges


> As you already know, current status is that building under R v2.0.0 and
> loading in R v1.9.1 gives the error:
> 
> Error in firstlib(which.lib.loc, package) :
>         couldn't find function "lazyLoad"
> In addition: Warning message:
> package R.oo was built under R version 2.0.0
> 
> and building under R v1.9.1 and loading in R v2.0.0 gives the error:
> 
> Error in library(R.oo) : 'R.oo' is not a valid package -- installed < 2.0.0?
> 
> Just to give it a try, I tried to build the package under R v2.0.0 with
> "LazyLoad: FALSE" in DESCRIPTION, but with the same error.
> 
> Best wishes
> 
> Henrik Bengtsson
> 
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