Re: [R-pkg-devel] "try" malfunctions on Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS, R-release, GCC

2020-02-03 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On 3 February 2020 at 09:03, profjohn wrote: | While there are huge benefits to upgrading, there is pain. It's that We have a dedicated mailing list r-sig-debian for use of R on operating systems that are .deb based. It is low volume, and has high signal / noise. So I would cordially invite

Re: [R-pkg-devel] "try" malfunctions on Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS, R-release, GCC

2020-02-03 Thread Ben Bolker
> > While there are huge benefits to upgrading, there is pain. It's that > pain that keeps people on OS versions that are older but still in the > LTS period. More or less what I was going to say. > > Best, JN > > > On 2/3/20 12:27 AM, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: >> >> On 2 February 2020

Re: [R-pkg-devel] "try" malfunctions on Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS, R-release, GCC

2020-02-03 Thread profjohn
Looks like Spencer's issue solved in another post. And this isn't a criticism of Dirk's contribution, just a partial explanation of some of the noise that occurs. I use Linux Mint -- family members are still recovering from Win XP. But LM 18.x is based on Ubuntu 16.04. So I found recently that

Re: [R-pkg-devel] "try" malfunctions on Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS, R-release, GCC

2020-02-03 Thread Iñaki Ucar
On Mon, 3 Feb 2020 at 03:16, Spencer Graves wrote: > > Hello, All: > > >devtools::check_rhub failed to trap an error wrapped in "try", > per the email below. This came from running > devtools::check_rhub(Ecfun_dir), where Ecfun_dir = the path to a copy of >

Re: [R-pkg-devel] "try" malfunctions on Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS, R-release, GCC

2020-02-02 Thread Spencer Graves
Hi, Dirk:   The short answer is that's part of what's on "rhub".   When I run devtools::check_rhub, I get emails with test results from three platforms:  (1) Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, R-devel, 32/64 bit.  (2) Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS, R-release, GCC. And (3) Fedora Linux, R-devel,

Re: [R-pkg-devel] "try" malfunctions on Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS, R-release, GCC

2020-02-02 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On 2 February 2020 at 21:47, Ben Bolker wrote: | Maybe an Rhub glitch. I just ran R CMD check with a recent r-devel | (2019-12-03 r77509) on Ubuntu 16.04 with no problems. Is there a reason that keeps _both_ of you on Ubuntu 16.04 which has been replaced _nearly two years ago_ by the

Re: [R-pkg-devel] "try" malfunctions on Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS, R-release, GCC

2020-02-02 Thread Ben Bolker
Maybe an Rhub glitch. I just ran R CMD check with a recent r-devel (2019-12-03 r77509) on Ubuntu 16.04 with no problems. On 2020-02-02 9:15 p.m., Spencer Graves wrote: > Hello, All: > > >   devtools::check_rhub failed to trap an error wrapped in "try", > per the email below.  This

[R-pkg-devel] "try" malfunctions on Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS, R-release, GCC

2020-02-02 Thread Spencer Graves
Hello, All:   devtools::check_rhub failed to trap an error wrapped in "try", per the email below.  This came from running devtools::check_rhub(Ecfun_dir), where Ecfun_dir = the path to a copy of "https://github.com/sbgraves237/Ecfun;.   This is the development version of Ecfun,