R devel - Nov 2011 - How to test package on Solaris

Dear R developers,

Is there a way to pretest a package on the Solaris-sparc and solaris-x86 systems
equivalent to the win-builder check?

My psych package (1.1.10 and 1.1.11) passes all checks for the Mac on my system,
on the win-builder checking system supported by Uwe, and then passes Kurt's
tests to install on CRAN.  But it then fails when being built for the solaris
systems.

Rather than burden Kurt and Uwe and the whole CRAN distribution process with
frequent attempts to fix the problem, it would be preferable if I could pretest
on a solaris system and then upload the final result.

I note from reading past queries to the list that this question has been asked
before and the solution seems to have been some nice soul  volunteering to test
a particular package.  A more general solution would seem preferred, if this is
possible.

Thanks.

Bill



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Professor			           http://personality-project.org
Department of Psychology   http://www.wcas.northwestern.edu/psych/
Northwestern University	   http://www.northwestern.edu/
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On 3 November 2011 at 08:54, William Revelle wrote:
| Dear R developers,
| 
| Is there a way to pretest a package on the Solaris-sparc and solaris-x86
systems equivalent to the win-builder check?

Nope, not as far as I know.  For Rcpp we are very much in the same boot. 
 
There was word of an upcoming 'bin-builder' similar to win-builder, but
it
hasn't materialized.  You and I don't have a vote in that matter, but I
think
this is a well definied task for which monies from the R Foundation would be
well spent.  Or a motivated company from the R universe could earn some
decent and recurrent karma points...

| My psych package (1.1.10 and 1.1.11) passes all checks for the Mac on my
system, on the win-builder checking system supported by Uwe, and then passes
Kurt's tests to install on CRAN.  But it then fails when being built for the
solaris systems.
| 
| Rather than burden Kurt and Uwe and the whole CRAN distribution process with
frequent attempts to fix the problem, it would be preferable if I could pretest
on a solaris system and then upload the final result.
| 
| I note from reading past queries to the list that this question has been asked
before and the solution seems to have been some nice soul  volunteering to test
a particular package.  A more general solution would seem preferred, if this is
possible.

Correct. Matryn helped us recently with a patch for the solaris/x86 side of
things bringing the failure down to solaris/sparc only.  But our (ie Romain
and I) hands are tied as are yours. 

Cheers, Dirk

| Thanks.
| 
| Bill
| 
| 
| 
| William Revelle		           http://personality-project.org/revelle.html
| Professor			           http://personality-project.org
| Department of Psychology   http://www.wcas.northwestern.edu/psych/
| Northwestern University	   http://www.northwestern.edu/
| Use R for psychology             http://personality-project.org/r
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