[R-pkg-devel] Updating package with a dependency (rJava) that doesn't build on all flavours

[Tomáš Kliegr]

Hi,

I maintain a package in CRAN, for which I am struggling to push the latest updates.

The problem is as follows:
My package passes tests without error or notice on all flavors but one, where the install fails due to an installation error of a dependency package (package rJava on r-devel-windows-ix86+x86_64). This installation error was already there in the past submissions of my package to CRAN, and was not previously considered as a blocker to the package (or its updates) being accepted (Current CRAN status: ERROR: 1, OK: 10)

Now, the package updates are automatically rejected:

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package qCBA_0.4.tar.gz does not pass the incoming checks automatically, please see the following pre-tests:
Windows: <https://win-builder.r-project.org/incoming_pretest/qCBA_0.4_20191108_100822/Windows/00check.log>
Status: 1 ERROR
Debian: <https://win-builder.r-project.org/incoming_pretest/qCBA_0.4_20191108_100822/Debian/00check.log>
Status: OK

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I cannot fix the problem with the dependency (rJava), and I also cannot remove rJava from my package.

More details:
Installation of  rJava package fails on 32-bit Windows, as can be seen here:
https://win-builder.r-project.org/incoming_pretest/qCBA_0.4_20191106_094406/Windows/00install.out ("keine zul�ssige Win32-Anwendung" error)
This problem seems to apply generally to the rJava package, not just to its use in my package: https://cran.r-project.org/web/checks/check_results_rJava.html.

I've also described this in the "Optional comment" field.

Any help is appreciated,

Tomas



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