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

[David Cortes]

That solves it, thank you!

Best regards,
David Cortes
On Sun, 2021-05-16 at 16:47 -0700, Kevin Ushey wrote:
> 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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