Oh right, Thanks for the clarification Valerie! Kevin On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 5:09 PM, Obenchain, Valerie < valerie.obench...@roswellpark.org> wrote:
> Just fyi, as stated in the NEWS, ensemblVEP >= 1.12.0 is not supported > on windows because the Ensembl VEP tool >= 84 requires tabix. > > Valerie > > > On 10/18/2016 04:01 PM, Kevin RUE wrote: > > Arrrrgh, I could have looked better in the Git mirror code ;) > > > > Anyway, thanks a lot for the tip! > > > > No worries about removing the file if the parent package gets supported. > > However, I've never tried to run the VEP script on Windows, which I > expect > > is pre-requisite for the package building successfully there. Might not > be > > that easy. Anyway, future will tell, and I'll keep an eye out for it! > > > > Cheers > > Kevin > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 11:44 PM, Dan Tenenbaum <dtene...@fredhutch.org> > > wrote: > > > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >>> From: "Kevin RUE" <kevinru...@gmail.com> > >>> To: "bioc-devel" <bioc-devel@r-project.org> > >>> Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2016 3:28:23 PM > >>> Subject: [Bioc-devel] Package "not supported" on some platforms, > >> and dependent packages > >> > >>> Hi all, > >>> > >>> Heartless logic works as follows: > >>> > >>> - ensemblVEP is "not supported" on Windows (build report > >>> <http://bioconductor.org/checkResults/devel/bioc-LATEST/ensemblVEP/ > >). > >>> Completely understandable. > >>> - My package depends on ensemblVEP. > >>> - The build system reports an error on Windows for my package > >>> because "dependency > >>> 'ensemblVEP' is not available for package 'TVTB'" (build report > >>> <http://bioconductor.org/checkResults/devel/bioc- > >> LATEST/TVTB/tokay2-buildsrc.html> > >>> ) > >>> - As a result, the landing page for my package reports "build error" > ( > >>> page <https://www.bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/html/ > >> TVTB.html>) > >>> I was hoping to benefit of the same treatment as the ensemblVEP > package, > >>> that is, skipping the nightly build on the Windows machine, to get the > >> nice > >>> green light "build OK" on the landing page. > >>> > >>> I suppose this is something to control in the build system, right? Or > do > >> I > >>> have to put any kind of keyword in one of my package files? > >>> Thanks! > >>> > >> The build system is heartless. ;) > >> ensemblVEP is marked as unsupported on Windows by virtue of a > .BBSoptions > >> file in the top level (at the same level as DESCRIPTION) containing one > >> line: > >> > >> UnsupportedPlatforms: win > >> > >> If you add that to your package it will stop building (and failing) on > >> windows. > >> > >> If ensemblVEP is ever again supported on windows (I don't know if this > is > >> planned) you'll need to remove that file. > >> > >> Dan > >> > >> > >>> All the best, > >>> Kevin > >>> > >>> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Bioc-devel@r-project.org mailing list > >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioc-devel > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Bioc-devel@r-project.org mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioc-devel > > > > > > This email message may contain legally privileged and/or confidential > information. If you are not the intended recipient(s), or the employee or > agent responsible for the delivery of this message to the intended > recipient(s), you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, > distribution, or use of this email message is prohibited. If you have > received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by > e-mail and delete this email message from your computer. Thank you. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] _______________________________________________ Bioc-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioc-devel