Hello,
I am trying to submit a new package to CRAN. I had checked the
packages with R-devel and R-release in windows 7 local and ubuntu
12.04 local. The package has a C file in src folder which successfully
compiled in all the cases (there were few trivial warnings).
I had submitted the package
I've been there too. The clang compiler does useful validation and
troubleshooting of your code in addition to what you get with gcc. I
recommend installing/trying it as a complement to your default setup.
It has a -c option for Only run preprocess, compile, and assemble
steps allowing you do