[R-pkg-devel] Internet resources and Errors

[Bill Dunlap]

Can you tell if the failure to download was due to a Solaris-specific issue
or due to the Solaris test machine not being fully connected to the
internet?

-Bill

On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 7:50 AM Roy Mendelssohn - NOAA Federal via
R-package-devel <r-package-devel using r-project.org> wrote:

> Hi All:
>
> I am getting dinged again on CRAN  (just Solaris for some reason),  and
> the problem is how to exit if there is a failure of accessing the
> resource,  I know it has been discussed here before,  but I just am not
> understanding what is desired to end properly. As I have been reminded:
>
> 'Packages which use Internet resources should fail gracefully with an
> informative message
> if the resource is not available or has changed (and not give a check
> warning nor error).'
>
> All internet calls are wrapped in 'try()'.  If that shows an error,  I
> write a message to the screen about the error,  and call stop(), perhaps
> with a further message in that call.   Somehow this does not appear to meet
> the standard.    Can someone then please tell me what I should do instead.
> The point is I have checked that the access to the internet resources has
> worked,  i have seen that it hasn't,  now what should be the steps to take
> to exit gracefully.
>
> I also want to add to what others have said about the frustrations of
> dealing with Solaris.  I have spent a fair amount of time getting things
> to  work with Solaris which no one uses.  In this instance the package test
> is only failing on Solaris.   Not a good use of limited time IMO.
>
> Thanks for any advice.
>
> -Roy
>
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