[R-pkg-devel] Windows load error installing package SOLVED - additional note

[Uwe Ligges]

On 12.06.2021 16:39, J C Nash wrote:
> Two minor notes:
> 
> 1) The Writing R Extensions manual, as far as I can determine, does not inform package
> developers that Makevars.win needs to be in the src/ subdirectory. I followed the example
> of some other packages to choose where to put it.

I just searched for Makevars.win in Writing R Extensions and the first 
occurence is:
"There are platform-specific file names on Windows: src/Makevars.win"

So tells you both it should be in src and how to capitlize.

Best,
Uwe


> 
> 2) Also, while I managed to get my package to install with "makevars.win", I got a
> WARNING on running a CHECK until I replaced it with "Makevars.win", i.e., Camel-case
> name.
> 
> Do these observations merit edits in the manual?
> 
> JN
> 
> 
> On 2021-06-11 11:16 a.m., J C Nash wrote:
>> After some flailing around, discovered a posting
>>
>> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42118561/error-in-r-cmd-shlib-compiling-c-code
>>
>> which showed a makevars.win file containing
>>
>> PKG_LIBS = $(LAPACK_LIBS) $(BLAS_LIBS) $(FLIBS)
>>
>> I had tried several similar such makevars.win files, but trying PKG_LIBS+= and
>> no spaces. There is mention of the libraries in Writing R Extensions, but given
>> the heavy use of LAPACK, BLAS and FLIBS, perhaps this example should be there
>> in the documentation. I've separately noted that Linux sessionInfo() shows
>> BLAS and LAPACK but Windows does not.
>>
>> Cheers, JN
>>
> 
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