[R-pkg-devel] Configure dot win file preventing compilation for i386 on windows

[Travers Ching]

Thanks Gabor and Duncan, that seems to be the issue.

On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 9:53 AM Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan using gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 13/02/2019 12:45 p.m., Travers Ching wrote:
> > I have a package in which I thought would be helpful to have a
> > configure.win file.  However, when compiling (locally as well as
> > through win-builder) I get the following message:
> >
> > "Warning: this package has a non-empty 'configure.win' file, so
> > building only the main architecture"
> >
> > And then win builder CRAN check fails with an error.  When I take out
> > the configure.win file everything works (the configure.win file just
> > had an echo statement in it for testing).
> >
> > I don't understand why i386 compilation does not proceed with the
> > configure file?  What is the issue or mistake I'm making?
>
> It sounds as though you (and WinBuilder) are skipping the
> "--force-biarch" command line option in "R CMD install".
>
> I suspect the reason it isn't the default is that it's hard to get right
> for both architectures.  I don't know how you would ask WinBuilder to
> use it for you.
>
> Duncan Murdoch