[R-pkg-devel] Package fails to build on Windows only, builds on GNU/Linux (parse issue)

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 02/02/2016 2:23 PM, Irucka Embry wrote:
> https://gitlab.com/iembry/install.load/raw/master/R/install_load.R is
> the link to raw R code for my package. I have been successful at
> building the package on GNU/Linux, but building on Windows fails. I have
> used R 3.2.3 in both cases.
>
> On Windows, using readLines, this is the result of the Line 1:
>
> [1] "#' Check, Install and Load CRAN & USGS GRAN Packages"
>
>
> On GNU/Linux, using readLines, this is the result of Line 1:
>
> [1] "#' Check, Install and Load CRAN & USGS GRAN Packages"
>
>
> Can someone offer suggestions on how to fix this character issue for
> Windows package development?

I can't see any difference there.  Is that the point, or do you see a 
difference?

What is the exact error message you get when parsing?

Duncan Murdoch

>
> I have created the R code with the Kate text editor. I have not had this
> issue in the past with any of my R packages using the Kate text editor.
>
> I have a few packages that have the same issue.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Irucka Embry
>
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