[R-pkg-devel] Failed: Future File Timestamp Check

[Josiah Parry]

The file was written using writeLines() but it is just a normal R script
with normal function definitions and is included in the R/ directory. The
source code is just programmatically generated.


On Tue, Feb 4, 2025 at 14:54 Jeff Newmiller <jdnewmil using dcn.davis.ca.us>
wrote:

> Packages are supposed to work when mounted in a read-only filesystem...
> using writeLines seems like a very bad idea since you can't assume the
> package install is writeable when it is run, and running code from tmp is a
> security hole.
>
> If you absolutely cannot think of a way around running code from generated
> files, then maybe you should use textConnection to run from internal RAM.
>
> On February 4, 2025 1:11:10 PM PST, Josiah Parry <josiah.parry using gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >I'm running R CMD check for my package {calcite} (source:
> >https://github.com/r-arcGIS/calcite) which is failing due to what
> *looks* like
> >a bug.
> >
> >R CMD check fails at "checking for future file timestamps"
> >
> >I get this error:  ...Error in if (abs(unclass(now_local) -
> >unclass(now)[1]) > 300) missing value where TRUE/FALSE needed.
> >
> >It seems that an NA is being generated somehow during this check but I'm
> >unsure how.
> >
> >One thing that comes to mind is that the file that contains all of my
> >function definitions is generated using writeLines() but the output of `
> >file.info()` looks normal to me.
> >
> >Have others encountered this? I'm on R 4.4.0 Puppy Cup
> >
> >platform       aarch64-apple-darwin20
> >arch           aarch64
> >os             darwin20
> >system         aarch64, darwin20
> >status
> >major          4
> >minor          4.0
> >year           2024
> >month          04
> >day            24
> >svn rev        86474
> >language       R
> >version.string R version 4.4.0 (2024-04-24)
> >nickname       Puppy Cup
> >
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