Gábor Csárdi
2019-Oct-24 22:20 UTC
[Rd] Built field in binary packages missing the platform
It seems that for binary packages that do not contain compiled code, the "Built` field looks like this: Built: R 3.6.0; ; 2019-09-23 13:56:59 UTC; unix I.e., the second part, the platform string is missing. For a package that has compiled code, it is present: Built: R 3.6.0; x86_64-apple-darwin15.6.0; 2019-04-26 19:49:57 UTC; unix This is true for all platforms I tried, Linux, Windows and macOS. I think it would be great to include the platform in binary packages, even if they do not have compiled code, because they can still be platform dependent. Then the Built field could be a simple way to know what platform a binary package was created for and/or installed on. Is the platform missing intentionally for some reason? Thanks, Gabor