[R-sig-Debian] Segfault on ubuntu 18.04

[Enrico Schumann]

Just as one more datapoint: I cannot reproduce the segfault, with
R 3.5.1 on (L)Ubuntu 18.04. (I use the Ubuntu package, i.e. I did not  
build from source.)

regards
     Enrico


Quoting Göran Broström <goran.brostrom using umu.se>:

> 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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Enrico Schumann
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