[R-pkg-devel] Package not building for i386 after adding configure.win

[Kevin Ushey]

Based on this output:

** libs
Warning: this package has a non-empty 'configure.win' file,
so building only the main architecture

Does adding Biarch: TRUE to your package DESCRIPTION file help?

Best,
Kevin

On Sun, May 16, 2021 at 2:47 PM David Cortes
<david.cortes.rivera using gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I recently tried adding a configure.win file to a package
> (https://github.com/david-cortes/MatrixExtra/blob/master/configure.win)
> . This file calls the Rscript executable in order to extract
> information about the R build and prepare a Makevars.win file:
>
> ------
> HAS_LD=`${R_HOME}/bin${R_ARCH_BIN}/Rscript.exe -e
> "cat(unname(as.integer(capabilities('long.double'))))"`
> sed -e \
>     "s/@HAS_LD@/$HAS_LD/" \
>     < src/Makevars.win.in > src/Makevars.win
> ------
>
> The configure script works correctly on my setup and does not produce
> any errors when checking the package locally, nor when checking it in
> r-hub, but when I upload it to Winbuilder or to CRAN, it will fail to
> install for i386, with the following message:
>
> ------
> ** checking whether the package can be loaded ... ERROR
> Loading this package had a fatal error status code 1
> Loading log:
> Error: package 'MatrixExtra' is not installed for 'arch = i386'
> Execution halted
> ------
>
> The file '00install.out' does not seem to show traces of having
> compiled the package for i386, only for x64:
> https://win-builder.r-project.org/P7PlL54vlGah/00install.out
>
> Removing the configure.win file and modifying Makevars accordingly will
> make it work correctly in Winbuilder.
>
> What step am I missing?
>
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