[R-pkg-devel] problems with .mod files

[Jeff Newmiller]

Don't run R CMD check against your working directory... only run it against your tar.gz source file. The devtools package will do this for you automatically from within R for convenience.

On February 28, 2019 4:50:18 AM PST, "Rampal S. Etienne" <rampaletienne using gmail.com> wrote:
>Dear Remi,
>
>The mod files are not in the src folder or in the tarball I submit to
>CRAN, but I still get warnings that there are created. I have tried to
>clean them by specifying this in the makefile, but then I get other
>issues.
>
>Rampal
>
>
>On 28-2-2019 0:02, Rémi Piatek wrote:
>> These *.mod files are automatically created during compilation
>whenever 
>> there is a module in the corresponding source file. They should not
>be 
>> in the src folder of your package when you submit it to CRAN, but
>they 
>> should not be a problem when they get created in this folder during 
>> compilation.
>>
>> Try to add the following line in .Rbuildignore (if this file does not
>
>> exist, create it in the main directory of your package):
>>
>> ^.*\.mod
>>
>> This will prevent R from including any *.mod files when building your
>
>> package.
>>
>> I hope this is helpful.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Remi
>>
>>
>> On 2/26/19 10:00 PM, r-package-devel-request using r-project.org wrote:
>>> Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2019 17:13:51 +0100
>>> From: "Rampal S. Etienne"<rampaletienne using gmail.com>
>>> To:R-package-devel using r-project.org
>>> Subject: [R-pkg-devel] problems with .mod files
>>> Message-ID:<e959fb29-f71d-d5d3-3800-b2ecaf963758 using gmail.com>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I have been trying for weeks to get a package on CRAN, but keep
>>> receiving warnings and notes, and errors using R-hub. The problems
>>> started when I used FORTRAN code to speed up some functions. This
>>> FORTRAN code introduces .mod files which are not accepted in the src
>>> folder. I followed suggestions by Avraham Adler to clean the src
>folder
>>> from this file by introducing a makefile with a clean command in it,
>but
>>> then I get other errors, and above all, recently this solution did
>not
>>> seem to remove the .mod file on some systems, as I still got the
>warning
>>> that this file was found in the src folder (but not on my machine!).
>>>
>>> So my question is: how do I prevent the creation of .mod files
>during
>>> compilation of the FORTRAN code, or how do I tell R that these files
>are
>>> OK in the src folder?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Rampal Etienne
>>>
>>>
>>
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