[Rd] Building R-4.1.3 from source - creating .msi fails

[Gmail]

Thanks for the swift reply. 

Maybe some clarifications from my side - I am not referring to the R-4.2.0 version (manual). 
But the earlier up to R-4.1.3 version manuals, where there always was a section about "Building the MSI installer" [right after Building the Inno Setup Installer] included (ending with thanks to David del Campo).  
And as far as I can tell the Inno Setup section is also gone from the 4.2.0 manual now? On purpose?
Then why is it that there is still an /installer folder in R-4.2.0 with all the Inno Setup files eg header.iss and JRins.R as well as WiXins.R in it, and the installer/Makefile also still includes all these sections.  

So in the spirit of things I guess that all lines in the .../installer/Makefile (line 49 and lines 180 ff.) as well as the whole “WiXins.R” file in the /installer folder should be removed from R-4.1.3.tar.gz (which is available in that form for download from r-project)? And judging from the manual the .iss related parts as well? 

At the same time R-4.0.5 msi build works fine so probably should not be altered/removed in R-4.0.5.tar.gz? 

G, W


-----Original Message-----
From: Tomas Kalibera <tomas.kalibera using gmail.com> 
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2022 3:07 PM
To: Gmail <walter.djuric using gmail.com>; r-devel using R-project.org
Subject: Re: [Rd] Building R-4.1.3 from source - creating .msi fails


On 5/9/22 18:36, Gmail wrote:
> Dear all,
> lately I was building R-4.1.3 from source and as the final step I 
> decided to also try and build the .msi file.
>
> I was following along the R Admin manual and using Jeroens “r-windows/r-base” GitHub repo as a basis.
> The build, the tests all the way to the Inno-Setup Windows .exe installer completed successfully - but not the "R-4.1.3.msi" file.

The MSI installer is not supported. I can't see it mentioned in R-Admin, but if you found it there or in some documentation, please report, so that it can be removed.

Best
Tomas

> Since I am not really knowledgeable when it comes to debugging WiX failures I was hoping someone here has some helpful comments.
>
> Below are the logs/output/errors/file excerpts:
> =========================
>
> R-4.1.3.log:
> ----------------
> Windows Installer XML Toolset Compiler version 3.11.2.4516 Copyright 
> (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved.
>
> *** asterisk lines separate content of different files 
> **********************************
>
> **********************************************************************
> *******
> R.wxs [file]
> D:\r-base\src\R-source\src\gnuwin32\installer\R.wxs(50036) : error 
> CNDL0104 : Not a valid source file;
> detail: The 'DirectoryRef' start tag on line 50033 position 14 does not match the end tag of 'Component'. Line 50036, position 19.
>
>
> **********************************************************************
> ******* R.wxs [file] (lines 50032 – 50037, etc.) I understand the 
> error is the result of line 50034 having the first of many (after that 
> line there are hundreds) “unprovoked” NA’s :
> ...
> ...
>              </DirectoryRef>
>              <DirectoryRef Id="dirDFBCD23F607D1BCC15748A367C06C465">
>      NA
>                      <File Id="fil49DED439D60E725AA5D6402B8A36B915" KeyPath="yes" Source="R-4.1.3\library\base\help\print.DLLInfoList.html" />
>                  </Component>
>              </DirectoryRef>
>              <DirectoryRef Id="dir4A5E34FDE4B660BFC361AB8682CC00A3">
> ....
> ....
> Additionally here follows  line 82158 where, because there are no more file-ids after line 82160 below the NAs also disappear:
>              <DirectoryRef Id="dir1FF2414B716F9EC0C950A7D0C5600532">
>      NA
>                      <File Id="fil7FBA10F4604BA92660D4FA85CA81B1BC" KeyPath="yes" Source="R-4.1.3\library\Matrix\help\coerce+2ClsTMatrix+2CdsTMatrix-method.html" />
>                  </Component>
>              </DirectoryRef>
>              <DirectoryRef Id="dirD31021A615C26B5D3F93CF12408AE4B5">
>                  <Directory Id="dir0016419565268E77B190EFC6ECFE56AD" Name="LC_MESSAGES" />
>              </DirectoryRef>
>
> **********************************************************************
> ******* files.wxs [file] here is the corresponding files Fragment of 
> the above (first)  "corrupted" tag ie of file-id: 
> fil49DED439D60E725AA5D6402B8A36B915
> ...
> ...
> <Fragment>
>          <DirectoryRef Id="dirDFBCD23F607D1BCC15748A367C06C465">
>              <Component Id="cmp9D50FF8D0F55461A69B18CCAC6292CA3" Guid="PUT-GUID-HERE">
>                  <File Id="fil49DED439D60E725AA5D6402B8A36B915" KeyPath="yes" Source="SourceDir\library\base\help\print.DLLInfoList.html" />
>              </Component>
>          </DirectoryRef>
>      </Fragment>
>      <Fragment>
> ...
> ...
>
> **********************************************************************
> ******* The “WiXins.R” file I am using is the unmodified 
> /src/gnuwin32/installer/WiXins.R of the .tar.gz downloaded from: 
> https://cran.r-project.org/src/base/R-4/R-4.1.3.tar.gz
>
> =========================
> Greetings,
> Walter
>
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