[Rd] R CMD check not running examples under Windows

[Uwe Ligges]

No idea,

perhaps add some print statements in teh perl code that executes the 
checks and see why it does not jump in.

uwe




Andy Bunn wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Uwe Ligges [mailto:ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de]
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 2:03 AM
>> To: Andy Bunn
>> Cc: r-devel at r-project.org
>> Subject: Re: [Rd] R CMD check not running examples under Windows
>>
>> My suggestion is to submit the package to the win-builder service and
>> look whether that one checks your example, then you know if it is the
>> package or your setup that causes the problem.
> 
> Uwe, thanks for the tip but the issue is definitely my system - not the package. I've built a skeleton using package.skeleton() and the same phenomenon occurs. Same with checking CRAN packages from source. If it is a problem with my system - how do I go about trouble shooting?
> 
> 
> 
>> Best,
>> Uwe Ligges
>>
>>
>> Andy Bunn wrote:
>>> All,
>>>
>>>
>>> I have a fresh build of R 2.8.0 from source on Windows XP using the
>> latest Rtools binary (Rtools29.exe). All appears to be well with the
>> install and make check-all exits cleanly. However, when running R CMD
>> check mypkg the program jumps from checking for non-ASCII to checking
>> the PDF version of the manual:
>>> * checking data for non-ASCII characters ... OK
>>> * checking PDF version of manual ... OK
>>>
>>> It skips the making the R-ex subdir and checking the examples. Here
>> is the complete log:
>>>
>>> * using log directory 'C:/Data/research/dplR_dev/dplR.Rcheck'
>>> * using R version 2.8.0 (2008-10-20)
>>> * using session charset: ISO8859-1
>>> * checking for file 'dplR/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
>>> * checking extension type ... Package
>>> * this is package 'dplR' version '1.1.5'
>>> * checking package name space information ... OK
>>> * checking package dependencies ... OK
>>> * checking if this is a source package ... OK
>>> * checking for .dll and .exe files ... OK
>>> * checking whether package 'dplR' can be installed ... OK
>>> * checking package directory ... OK
>>> * checking for portable file names ... OK
>>> * checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... OK
>>> * checking top-level files ... OK
>>> * checking index information ... OK
>>> * checking package subdirectories ... OK
>>> * checking R files for non-ASCII characters ... OK
>>> * checking R files for syntax errors ... OK
>>> * checking whether the package can be loaded ... OK
>>> * checking whether the package can be loaded with stated dependencies
>> ... OK
>>> * checking whether the name space can be loaded with stated
>> dependencies ... OK
>>> * checking for unstated dependencies in R code ... OK
>>> * checking S3 generic/method consistency ... OK
>>> * checking replacement functions ... OK
>>> * checking foreign function calls ... OK
>>> * checking R code for possible problems ... OK
>>> * checking Rd files ... OK
>>> * checking Rd cross-references ... OK
>>> * checking for missing documentation entries ... OK
>>> * checking for code/documentation mismatches ... OK
>>> * checking Rd \usage sections ... OK
>>> * checking data for non-ASCII characters ... OK
>>> * checking PDF version of manual ... OK
>>>
>>> I am running this with no flags yet it seems like I'm outside this
>> line in the check script:
>>>   if($opt_examples && (-d &file_path($library, $pkgname, "R-ex"))) {
>>>
>>> Here is the version:
>>>> version
>>>                _
>>> platform       i386-pc-mingw32
>>> arch           i386
>>> os             mingw32
>>> system         i386, mingw32
>>> status
>>> major          2
>>> minor          8.0
>>> year           2008
>>> month          10
>>> day            20
>>> svn rev        46754
>>> language       R
>>> version.string R version 2.8.0 (2008-10-20)
>>>
>>>
>>> And the PATH:
>>> C:\Data\research\dplR_dev>PATH
>>> PATH=c:\Rtools\bin;c:\Rtools\perl\bin;c:\Rtools\MinGW\bin;C:\R\R-
>> 2.8.0\bin\;C:\P
>>> rogram Files\HTML Help Workshop\;C:\Program Files\MiKTeX
>> 2.6\miktex\bin;C:\cygwi
>> n\bin;C:\FWTools2.2.6\bin;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\Sys
>> tem32\Wbe
>>> m;C:\WINDOWS\system32\nls;C:\WINDOWS\system32\nls\ENGLISH;C:\Program
>> Files\Novel
>>> l\ZENworks\;C:\Program
>> Files\QuickTime\QTSystem;C:\ArcGIS\arcexe9x\bin;C:\Progra
>>> m Files\Common Files\GTK\2.0\bin;C:\Program Files\GPS Pathfinder
>> Office 3.10;C:\
>>> dpl;C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTSystem\;C:\Program Files\SSH
>> Communications Sec
>>> urity\SSH Secure Shell;Z:.;
>>>
>>> I expect some cygwin or perl issue but I'm not sure how to proceed in
>> tracking this down. Cygwin is a fresh install as well. Any suggestions
>> on what to do next greatly appreciated.
>>> -A
>>>
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