Thank you very much, Sebastian. Your suggestion about checking the FAIL solved the problem. It reminded me that GCC 12+ has a bug regarding AVX2 alignments on Windows, which manifests when calling `agrep` or `adist`, the latter being precisely the point of failure in the FAIL file. See this thread [1] and this post in particular [2] for more detail. Restoring passing "-Wa,-muse-unaligned-vector-move" to EOPTS and Makevars solved the problem and check-devel passes. Tomas is going to be rightfully annoyed with me for forgetting!
Thank you again!! Avi [1] https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-sig-windows/2024q1/000106.html [2] https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-sig-windows/2024q1/000113.html On Sun, Mar 9, 2025 at 1:55 PM Sebastian Meyer <seb.me...@fau.de> wrote: > > Am 09.03.25 um 18:15 schrieb Avraham Adler: > > Hello. > > > > I recently built a new computer and I am now using Windows 11. When > > building a distribution of R-devel from source using the most recent > > Rtools44, the build consistently fails at the point it is supposed to > > build the vignettes from base with the message below. R-4-4-branch > > (also 87913) completes without error but fails "make check". > > > > R-devel Error: > > ``` > > * DONE (mgcv) > > building/updating vignettes for package 'grid' ... > > processing 'displaylist.Rnw' > > make[2]: *** [Makefile.win:99: vignettes] Error 1 > > make[1]: *** [Makefile:345: vignettes] Error 2 > > make: *** [Makefile:395: distribution] Error 2 > > ``` > > Looking at Makefile.win in .src/library at line 99 shows: > > > > ``` > > vignettes: > > @for pkg in grid parallel utils stats; do \ > > $(ECHO) "building/updating vignettes for package '$${pkg}' ..."; \ > > ($(ECHO) "tools:::.install_package_vignettes(\"$(srcdir)/$${pkg}\", > > \"$(top_builddir)/library/$${pkg}\")") | \ > > R_DEFAULT_PACKAGES="utils,tools" LC_ALL=C \ > > R_LIBS_USER=NULL R_LIBS_SITE=NULL \ > > $(R_EXE) > /dev/null || exit 1; \ > > The '|| exit 1' only exists since r87822: previously, failures from > building the base vignettes would be missed. > > > done > > @rm -Rf .vignettes > > ``` > > > > While R-4-4 completes "make distribution" compilation, it fails make check > > with: > > > > ``` > > Testing examples for package 'tools' > > comparing 'tools-Ex.Rout' to 'tools-Ex.Rout.save' ... NOTE > > 1062,1063d1061 > > < Warning in file(con, "r") : > > < file("") only supports open = "w+" and open = "w+b": using the former > > 1066,1067c1064,1065 > > < $ file : chr "" > > < $ title : chr "" > > --- > > > $ file : chr "grid.Rnw" > > > $ title : chr "Introduction to grid" > > This output diff from the example in ?tools::vignetteInfo shows that > your R-4-4 installation indeed lacks base vignettes. Maybe pdflatex > isn't installed or in the PATH on your new system? > > > Testing examples for package 'utils' > > Error: running examples in 'utils-Ex.R' failed > > Error: testing 'utils' failed > > Execution halted > > make[3]: *** [Makefile.win:29: test-Examples-Base] Error 1 > > make[2]: *** [Makefile.common:208: test-Examples] Error 2 > > make[1]: *** [Makefile.common:193: test-all-basics] Error 1 > > make: *** [Makefile:333: check-devel] Error 2 > > ``` > > There should be a file utils-Ex.Rout.fail (I think in tests/Examples/). > What does it say about the error? > > Hope this helps! > > Sebastian Meyer > > > > > Some initial research indicated that permission issues can interfere > > with vignette building. I have set Rtools44 to run as an administrator > > and I confirmed that my build directory and all its subdirectories are > > allowed full control by the logged-in windows account. > > > > The only major difference between these sets of runs and those over > > the last decade is the chip (Ryzen 9800X3D), which for vignettes > > should be irrelevant, and the operating system—Windows 11 Pro instead > > of Windows 10 Home. I don't know which change from R-4-4 to R-devel > > triggers the error or why R-4-4 completes and fails the check. I have > > exhausted my limited knowledge as to how to address the issue. Any > > ideas as to why this may be happening and what I could do would be > > greatly appreciated. > > > > For completeness: > > > > R VERSION AND TOOLS > > R-devel version: 87913 > > R-4-4-branch: 87913 > > Rtools version: 6459 > > > > HARDWARE > > Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 8-Core Processor > > Installed RAM :192 GB (190 GB usable) > > System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor > > > > OPERATING SYSTEM > > Edition Windows 11 Pro > > Version 24H2 > > Installed on 3/7/2025 > > OS build 26100.3194 > > Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.26100.48.0 > > > > Thank you, > > > > Avi > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
