[R-pkg-devel] Package submission rejected as it fails checks on Debian

[Vasileios Nikolaidis]

I will try it the "Github Action" it seems very useful indeed.

I already found the (extremely obvious and tiny) error that caused all 
this mess. I am surprised the compile/link system on my Windows machine 
passed on that without reporting anything. That really threw me off on 
what the cause may be. Getting back on Linux for development and checks 
(like I used to use and trust).

Problem solved, moral of the story is never code tired, and use all 
tools available.
Thank you everyone for your comments and help.

Regards,
Vasilis.


Στις 2023-02-21 13:25, Spencer Graves έγραψε:
> On 2/21/23 2:34 AM, Vasileios Nikolaidis wrote:
>> Yes, with all this I can think where I may have messed up. So thanks 
>> for the help, at least it verified it is indeed an issue with the 
>> code. As far as OSs, I use Ubuntu variants a lot and (on several 
>> machines) but these days I have easier access to Windows (with WSL2 
>> btw). I also like a strict compiler (and linker), there is usually a 
>> reason why they are strict. So if it is not obvious from examining the 
>> code,  I will set up something (be it WSL, VM or Docker) for testing.
> 
> 
> 	  If you have NOT tried "GitHub Action" yet, I highly recommend it.
> For my packages, every time I do "git push", it automatically runs "R
> CMD build / check" on 5 different platforms -- with no further effort
> on my part other than checking the results.
> 
> 
> 	  It should be easy to get something to work following the
> instructions in Wickham and Bryan, R Packages[1] or copying the code
> from another package.[2] If that fails, you might be able to get help
> from this list.  I got valuable suggestions from Dir Eddelbuettel and
> Duncan Murdoch.
> 
> 
> 	  I don't know if any version of Debian is available on GitHub
> Action. However, if CRAN is rejecting your package on GitHub Action, a
> question about that to this list might help make it available.  If you
> have special Ubuntu configuration issues that are not provided in the
> standard GitHub Action configurations, asking here might help you with
> that.
> 
> 
> 	  Hope this helps,
> 	  Spencer Graves
> 
> 
> [1]
> 
> 
> https://r-pkgs.org
> 
> 
> [2] e.g.,
> 
> 
> https://github.com/JamesRamsay5/fda
> 
>> 
>> Thanks again,
>> 
>> Vasilis
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Στις 2023-02-20 23:09, Dirk Eddelbuettel έγραψε:
>>> On 20 February 2023 at 22:37, Vasileios Nikolaidis wrote:
>>> | Thanks for taking the time to check it. The hint about the virtual
>>> | 'layer' class is valuable.
>>> | I will look into it.
>>> 
>>> Sounds good, glad to have been of assistance.  On a lark, I also 
>>> tried your
>>> most recent CRAN release, and it installs and loads fine here.
>>> 
>>> | PS I am tempted to set up a Debian test platform to speed up fixing 
>>> the
>>> | package.
>>> | (Or abandon submitting the package to CRAN alltogether.)
>>> 
>>> I love working on Linux. And these days I hear from some friends that 
>>> having
>>> WSL2 on a (recent enough) Windows computer is also good as it 
>>> effectively
>>> gives a second machine with Ubuntu on it.  Docker can also be 
>>> helpful, as are
>>> the online resources -- rhub has helped me with both macos and 
>>> windows builds.
>>> 
>>> Dirk
>> 
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