[R-pkg-devel] Debian check string include

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 27/02/2019 8:17 a.m., Horia Yeb wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I submitted my package today on CRAN and from the automatic check I get a
> note in both Windows and Debian, but from what I heard it is perfectly ok
> and to be ignored.
> 
> "Check: CRAN incoming feasibility, Result: NOTE
>    Maintainer: 'John Doe<johnDoe using fake-email.com <horia.yeb using gmail.com>>'  "
> 
> But I also get an ERROR in the Debian check :
> 
> * installing *source* package ‘DataViz’ ...
> ** libs
> g++-8  -std=gnu++11 -I"/home/hornik/tmp/R/include" -DNDEBUG
> -I"/home/hornik/lib/R/Library/3.6/x86_64-linux-gnu/Rcpp/include"
> -I/usr/local/include  -fpic  -g -O2 -Wall -pedantic -mtune=native -c
> RcppExports.cpp -o RcppExports.o
> g++-8  -std=gnu++11 -I"/home/hornik/tmp/R/include" -DNDEBUG
> -I"/home/hornik/lib/R/Library/3.6/x86_64-linux-gnu/Rcpp/include"
> -I/usr/local/include  -fpic  -g -O2 -Wall -pedantic -mtune=native -c
> rcpp_throwchart.cpp -o rcpp_throwchart.o
> rcpp_throwchart.cpp:6:10: fatal error: String.h: No such file or directory
>   #include <String.h>
>            ^~~~~~~~~~
> compilation terminated.
> make: *** [/home/hornik/tmp/R/etc/Makeconf:173: rcpp_throwchart.o] Error 1
> ERROR: compilation failed for package ‘DataViz’
> * removing ‘/srv/hornik/tmp/CRAN/DataViz.Rcheck/DataViz’

I think the proper name is "string.h".
> 
> 
> 
> This is my first package submission and I am pretty new to R, my guess
> is the rcpp compiler doesn't link the libraries properly but I'm not
> sure.
> 
> Also would it be possible to submit a Windows only package or is that
> not OK for CRAN?

This is covered in the CRAN policy document 
https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/policies.html, which you should 
read before submitting a package.

Duncan Murdoch


> 
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Timothy
> 
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