[R-SIG-Mac] Problem with CHECK --as-cran on Catalina

[Bob Rudis]

Does it still do it if you build a tar.tgz archive and run it on that?

I could not dup your problem, but when I tried to run it on a couple
of my packages that work fine with tar.gz (I use Authors using R) in dir (`R
CMD check --as-cran .` or parent dir and specify the pkg dir) I get:

    Required field missing or empty:
      ‘Author’

(running last R 4.0.1 beta before the release of R 4.0.1, latest
Catalina beta AND R 4.0.0 on ubuntu)

So, def something strange going on.

On Sat, Jun 6, 2020 at 12:47 PM Carl Witthoft <carl using witthoft.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I recently upgraded to a new iMac w/ Catalina.  Something really strange
> is happening when I try to run "R CMD CHECK --as-cran  " .
> If I run it on various older packages that have previously passed the
> check, all is well.
>
> I am writing a new package, and here's the response I get:
>
>
> * using log directory ‘/Users/cgw/Rgames/fitConic.Rcheck’
> * using R version 4.0.0 (2020-04-24)
> * using platform: x86_64-apple-darwin17.0 (64-bit)
> * using session charset: UTF-8
> * using option ‘--as-cran’
> * checking for file ‘fitConic/DESCRIPTION’ ... OK
> * this is package ‘fitConic’ version ‘1.0’
> * checking CRAN incoming feasibility ...Error:  file './DESCRIPTION'
> does not exist
> Execution halted
>
>
> This happens whether I run R CMD CHECK  from the parent dirctory
> /Users/cgw/Rgames  or from the source directory /Users/cgw/Rgames/fitConic .
>
> I verified I can edit the DESCRIPTION file in my previous packages &
> still pass the check.  I even took one of those old DESCRIPTION files
> and put it into the fitConic directory, and changed only the "Package: "
> line  .
>
> I'm guessing that last error message is not telling me what actually
> went wrong, but I'm at a loss as to why this new package fails.  I've
> created a new directory and moved all my files (DESCRIPTION, NAMESPACE,
> and the R & man folders) over. No luck.
>
> Is this a hangup somewhere in R 4.0 for OSX, or is there something else
> going on?   (do I need, for example to do something to give XQuartz more
> permissions, or some other called app? )
>
> thanks
> --
> Carl Witthoft
> carl using witthoft.com
> resume: https://app.box.com/file/498153801347
>
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