[R-pkg-devel] R CMD check error on Windows

[Uwe Ligges]

On 17.12.2020 10:39, Akshit Achara wrote:
> Dear Uwe,
> 
> Can you please elaborate?
> 
> I generated the configure script from configure.ac <http://configure.ac> 
> on Linux
> and copied it's contents to configure.win (changed ~! /bin/sh
> to #! /bin/bash). Does it cause any quoting issues?

Well,  R > 4.0.0 uses a different toolchain on Windows, so likely the 
reason is the change in the toolchain.

I would not worry too much, as it works for the new toolchain and frm R 
 >= 4.0.0.

Best,
Uwe Ligges



> Thanks,
> Akshit Achara
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Dec 17, 2020 at 3:01 PM Uwe Ligges 
> <ligges using statistik.tu-dortmund.de 
> <mailto:ligges using statistik.tu-dortmund.de>> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>     On 17.12.2020 10:26, Akshit Achara wrote:
>      > Dear Sir,
>      >
>      > I got this error on rminizinc cran checks
>      >
>     <https://cran.r-project.org/web/checks/check_results_rminizinc.html> for
>      > r-oldrel-windows-ix86+x86_64:
>      > (The package needs to run ./configure.win during installation)
>      >
>      > exec: /cygdrive/c/Program: not found
> 
>     Sounds like quoting issues as certainly /cygdrive/c/Program Files   is
>     meant here.
> 
>     Best,
>     Uwe Ligges
> 
>      >
>      > Warning in system("sh ./configure.win") : Exit code was 127
>      >
>      > ERROR: configuration failed for package 'rminizinc'
>      >
>      >
>      > I know that the error occurred because sh command didn't work. I am
>      > not getting any errors for other Windows flavors (devel and release).
>      >
>      > I wanted to ask if there is any solution for this error that can be
>      > implemented from my end or should I add anything in the
>      > SystemRequirements and resubmit to CRAN.
>      >
>      > Thanks,
>      > Akshit Achara
>      >
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