[R-pkg-devel] Failing incoming tests on 'stringsAsFactors = TRUE'

[Uwe Ligges]

Actually we had the Windows platform for incomign tests on
stringsAsFactors = TRUE
for checking back compatibility to older versions of R, but this is no 
longer possible for new versions of R-devel.

Can you pls simply resubmit the same version?

Best,
Uwe Ligges



On 31.03.2020 03:07, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
> The warning about stringsAsFactors is very new; I don't think it's even 
> mentioned in the NEWS, though the help ?data.frame mentions it.
> 
> So I suspect either the Windows build happened in the middle of 
> committing code to implement the warning, and it wasn't all tested yet, 
> or some package you depend on sets options(stringsAsFactors = TRUE). I'd 
> try submitting your package to Win-builder R-devel and see if it still 
> finds that issue.
> 
> (Instructions are here:  https://win-builder.r-project.org/).
> 
> Duncan Murdoch
> 
> 
> 
> On 30/03/2020 6:42 p.m., Trent McDonald wrote:
>> Trying to update a package on CRAN.  It passes all the following tests:
>> Local (r CMD --as-cran, R 3.6.2), devtools::check_win_dev,
>> devtools::check_rhub, and my personal .yml file on travis-ci.org   
>> But, the
>> incoming CRAN tests last week for windows fail (linux test throw 
>> different
>> warning that I can fix).  This is the log file:
>>
>> * using log directory 'd:/RCompile/CRANincoming/R-devel/SDraw.Rcheck'
>> * using R version 4.0.0 alpha (2020-03-26 r78078)
>> * using platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32 (64-bit)
>> * using session charset: ISO8859-1
>> * checking for file 'SDraw/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
>> * checking extension type ... Package
>> * this is package 'SDraw' version '2.1.10'
>> * checking CRAN incoming feasibility ... Note_to_CRAN_maintainers
>> Maintainer: 'Trent McDonald <tmcdonald using west-inc.com>'
>> * checking package namespace information ... OK
>>
>> --- snip ---- multiple checks, all OK
>>
>> * checking 'build' directory ... OK
>> * checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... WARNING
>> Warning message:
>> In options(stringsAsFactors = TRUE) :
>>    'options(stringsAsFactors = TRUE)' is deprecated and will be disabled
>>   ERROR
>> Warning message:
>> In options(stringsAsFactors = TRUE) :
>>    'options(stringsAsFactors = TRUE)' is deprecated and will be disabled
>> * DONE
>> Status: 1 ERROR, 1 WARNING
>>
>> Course forward unknown.  Googling unproductive.  I searched the package
>> source for the use of 'stringsAsFactors'. I never set the option nor call
>> data.frame with it nor read.csv nor use stringsAsFactors anywhere.  In my
>> local .Rprofile, I set 'options(stringsAsFactors=FALSE)', but that should
>> not matter, correct?  Suggestions?
>>
>> My local version is 3.6.2.  Source code link :
>> https://github.com/tmcd82070/SDraw
>>
>>
>> *Trent McDonald*
>> * Senior Statistician*
>>
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