[R-sig-Debian] Segfault on ubuntu 18.04

[Göran Broström]

Hi Steve,

On 2018-07-05 21:49, Steve Gutreuter wrote:
> Hi Göran,
> 
> I do not have a solution for your problem, but I can confirm that R
> 3.5.1 runs correctly for me from the shell prompt on Ubuntu 18.04.
> However, I compiled R 3.5.1 from the source tarball, so the problem
> might be with the Ubuntu deb.
> 
> Have you tried completely removing R and then re-installing the deb?

Yes I did, but it didn't help. However, I installed R-devel from source, 
and there I had no problem.

Göran

> Best,
> Steve
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, 2018-07-05 at 21:37 +0200, Göran Broström wrote:
>> I am running R 3.5.1 on ubuntu 18.04, installed via apt. When I run
>> R
>> from the bash prompt, I get (reinstalling r-base doesn't help)
>>
>>   > devtools::install_github("goranbrostrom/eha", build_vignettes =
>> TRUE)
>>
>>    *** caught segfault ***
>> address 0x68456, cause 'memory not mapped'
>>
>> Traceback:
>>    1: dyn.load(file, DLLpath = DLLpath, ...)
>>    2: library.dynam(lib, package, package.lib)
>>    3: loadNamespace(name)
>>    4: doTryCatch(return(expr), name, parentenv, handler)
>>    5: tryCatchOne(expr, names, parentenv, handlers[[1L]])
>>    6: tryCatchList(expr, classes, parentenv, handlers)
>>    7: tryCatch(loadNamespace(name), error = function(e) stop(e))
>>    8: getNamespace(ns)
>>    9: asNamespace(ns)
>> 10: getExportedValue(pkg, name)
>> 11: curl::new_handle
>> 12: handle(name)
>> 13: handle_find(url)
>> 14: handle_url(handle, url, ...)
>> 15: httr::GET(url, path = path, httr::write_disk(path = tmp), auth)
>> 16: remote_package_name.github_remote(remote)
>> 17: remote_package_name(remote)
>> 18: install_remote(..., quiet = quiet)
>> 19: doTryCatch(return(expr), name, parentenv, handler)
>> 20: tryCatchOne(expr, names, parentenv, handlers[[1L]])
>> 21: tryCatchList(expr, classes, parentenv, handlers)
>> 22: tryCatch(install_remote(..., quiet = quiet), error = function(e)
>> {
>>    if (!quiet) {        message("Installation failed: ",
>> conditionMessage(e))    }    FALSE})
>> 23: FUN(X[[i]], ...)
>> 24: vapply(remotes, try_install_remote, ..., FUN.VALUE = logical(1))
>> 25: install_remotes(remotes, quiet = quiet, ...)
>> 26: devtools::install_github("goranbrostrom/eha", build_vignettes =
>> TRUE)
>>
>> Possible actions:
>> 1: abort (with core dump, if enabled)
>> 2: normal R exit
>> 3: exit R without saving workspace
>> 4: exit R saving workspace
>> Selection: 3
>> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
>> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>> devtools is version 1.13.6 in all cases.
>>
>> However, running the same in RStudio: No problem.
>>
>> The same setup, but on ubuntu 16.04 (another computer): No problem.
>>
>> On my Mac: No problem.
>>
>> Is it ubuntu, devtools, or me? If it is me, what can I do?
>>
>> Göran
>>
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