[R] Packaging Error

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On 27/06/2012 15:17, Mayank Bansal wrote:
> It would be difficult for me to give the package.

Then, following the posting guide, you need to find an example you can give.

> Can you explain me what does this error
> "/usr/lib/R/bin/INSTALL: line 34: 9964 Done echo 'tools:::.install_packages()' 9965 Segmentation fault | R_DEFAULT_PACKAGES= LC_COLLATE=C "${R_HOME}/bin/R" $myArgs --slave --args ${args}"
> generally mean.
> The point is the package compiles normally, if I set ByteCompile to FALSE. Could this be some bug in R or my fault?
>

It means a bug in your R package or your installation.

If your package contains compiled code then it could well be the cause. 
  If not, then R should not segfault with reasonable input, but when it 
does the cause is quite often the compiler or OS ... we simply do not 
know and you are not helping us in the way you were asked to in the 
posting guide.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Uwe Ligges [mailto:ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 7:27 PM
> To: Mayank Bansal
> Cc: r-help at r-project.org
> Subject: Re: [R] Packaging Error
>
>
>
> On 26.06.2012 08:54, Mayank Bansal wrote:
>> I was trying to ByteCompile a package that I made. The package compiles successfully with byte compile set to FALSE.
>> When I set ByteCompile to TRUE, I receive the following error message while doing R CMD INSTALL
>>
>> /usr/lib/R/bin/INSTALL: line 34: 9964 Done echo 'tools:::.install_packages()' 9965 Segmentation fault | R_DEFAULT_PACKAGES= LC_COLLATE=C "${R_HOME}/bin/R" $myArgs --slave --args ${args}
>>
>> I have not been able to understand the problem. Can someone help me understand the problem so that it can be fixed?
>
>
> Not without your package to try it out.
>
> Best,
> Uwe Ligges
>
>
>> Thanks,
>> Mayank



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