Re: [R-pkg-devel] Linker / System Requirement

2024-05-07 Thread Kevin Ushey
Hi Josiah, Indeed, the right thing to do is to declare the library in the SystemRequirements file. However, other than some specific documented usages which affect how R builds the package (e.g. C++ standards and GNU make), I believe the field is meant more just to inform users of the external

[R-pkg-devel] Linker / System Requirement

2024-05-07 Thread Josiah Parry
In my Makevars file (linked below) I link to ssl by adding `-lssl` to `PKG_LIBS`. Since I do this, does libssl need to be added to the System Requirements field? Makevars: https://github.com/R-ArcGIS/arcgisgeocode/blob/8194a478a616f7ddc3a25bcb024c0534007bcd51/src/Makevars#L4 If so, is there a