[R-pkg-devel] Solaris package installed size

[Uwe Ligges]

Well, binaries may well have different sizes on different platforms, 
aslo when statically linkd vs dynamically linked etc.
In this case, you should not worry.

Best,
Uwe Ligges


On 15.10.2019 18:46, Dalgleish, James (NIH/NCI) [V] via R-package-devel 
wrote:
> On Solaris, I'm finding that my package, only on Solaris, is slightly above 5MB. Is there a difference in install sizes for Solaris? I don't have a Solaris machine, so it's difficult to know what the size differences are and why.
> https://www.r-project.org/nosvn/R.check/r-patched-solaris-x86/CNVScope-00check.html
> "checking installed package size ... NOTE
>    installed size is 5.2Mb
>    sub-directories of 1Mb or more:
>      doc 3.1Mb
>      extdata 1.8Mb"
> 
> If so, why might that be?
> I've looked at R solaris documentation (https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-release/R-admin.html#Solaris), but it says nothing other than suggesting that it will require more stack space (memory) to build the package... but this doesn't say anything about disk space or installation directory cleanup differences.
> 
> "At least when compiling with Oracle compilers, Solaris uses far more stack space than other platforms."  Perhaps there are additional files that are generated for Solaris that are not generated for other platforms?
> 
> Thanks,
> James Dalgleish
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