[R-pkg-devel] Question about selective platform for my R package

[Disa Mhembere]

Ok, sure. Thanks again :)

On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 9:37 AM, Dason Kurkiewicz <dasonk at gmail.com> wrote:

> You'll want to examine the note on the SystemRequirements field for the
> DESCRIPTION file in the same link as before. Actually maybe you should
> spend some time reading through that documentation - it's a bit dry but
> will get you more familiar with what's possible.
>
> -Dason Kurkiewicz
>
> On Jul 7, 2017 9:31 AM, "Disa Mhembere" <disa at jhu.edu> wrote:
>
> Super -- exactly what I needed!
> My other question was how to define OS level dependencies like `hwloc` for
> linux that is obtainable via the system package manager?
>
> Thanks,
> - Disa
>
> On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 1:41 AM, Dason Kurkiewicz <dasonk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> What you want is to specify the OS_type in your DESCRIPTION file. This is
>> documented in writing R extensions https://cran.r-proj
>> ect.org/doc/manuals/r-release/R-exts.html#The-DESCRIPTION-file
>>
>> -Dason Kurkiewicz
>>
>> On Jul 7, 2017 1:30 AM, "Disa Mhembere" <disa at jhu.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I made an R package that is specifically for OSX and Linux, and not
>>> Windows. I pass all checks locally on these platforms, but when I upload
>>> my
>>> package to CRAN the system tries to compile my code on a Windows box
>>> which
>>> obviously results in an error. What is the traditional method of
>>> specifying
>>> supported OSes and getting around this?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>> Disa
>>>
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