[R] make check errors with R 2.7.0

[Prof Brian Ripley]

Note that the problem is not that you got the message, but an apparent 
whitespace issue in the output.  That's clearer in this version: note that 
the output for reg-IO.Rout.save is shifted left one column.  But I don't 
trust email to transmit these things faithfully (especially after the last 
two days of encoding issues).

So the problem is most likely either the way reg-IO.Rout.save got unpacked 
or your 'diff' function.

You don't mention an OS, but my recollection is that you usually use 
Linux.  I *have* seen an error in this test on Cygwin, where the issue was 
the unpacking by tar.

If this is Linux, it has been tested successfully many times by others, 
and I don't recall any change to that test since 2.6.2 (and nor do the SVN 
logs).


On Fri, 25 Apr 2008, Patrick Connolly wrote:

> I installed R-2.7.0 from the tar.gz file.  It's the end of make check
> that my question is about.
>
> make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/local/R-2.7.0/tests'
> make[3]: `reg-tests-1.Rout' is up to date.
> make[3]: `reg-tests-2.Rout' is up to date.
> running code in 'reg-IO.R' ... OK
> comparing 'reg-IO.Rout' to './reg-IO.Rout.save' ...44c44
> < In readLines("testIO.R") : incomplete final line found on 'testIO.R'
> ---
>> In readLines("testIO.R") : incomplete final line found on 'testIO.R'
> 88c88
> < In readLines("testIO.R") : incomplete final line found on 'testIO.R'
> ---
>> In readLines("testIO.R") : incomplete final line found on 'testIO.R'
> 111c111
> < In readLines("testIO.R") : incomplete final line found on 'testIO.R'
> ---
>> In readLines("testIO.R") : incomplete final line found on 'testIO.R'
> 134c134
> < In readLines("testIO.R") : incomplete final line found on 'testIO.R'
> ---
>> In readLines("testIO.R") : incomplete final line found on 'testIO.R'
> make[3]: *** [reg-IO.Rout] Error 1
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/R-2.7.0/tests'
> make[2]: *** [test-Reg] Error 2
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/R-2.7.0/tests'
> make[1]: *** [test-all-basics] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/R-2.7.0/tests'
> make: *** [check] Error 2
>
>
> When I look at testIO.R, it seems indeed to be designed to have a
> missing CR at the end.  Is this simply testing to see if it is found,
> or does the fact that it exits with Error 2 mean that it's not going
> onto other tests?  It did seem to be rather a lot shorter than I
> remember other installations.

That's a late test, but it did terminate with an error.

>
> I did not have any difficulty in installing the lme4 package and its
> dependencies which might indicate that the installation has been
> successful.
>
> Do I have any cause for concern?

Some, but with your toolset.

>
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