Henrik Bengtsson
2021-May-04 18:25 UTC
[Rd] Testing R build when using --without-recommended-packages?
FWIW,
$ ./configure --help
...
--with-recommended-packages
use/install recommended R packages [yes]
/Henrik
On Tue, May 4, 2021 at 11:17 AM Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd at debian.org>
wrote:>
>
> On 4 May 2021 at 11:07, Henrik Bengtsson wrote:
> | Thanks, but I don't understand. That's what I usually do when I
build
> | R with 'recommended' packages. But here, I explicitly do *not*
want
> | to build and install 'recommended' packages with the R
installation.
> | So, I'm going down the --without-recommended-packages path on purpose
> | and I'm looking for a way to validate such an installation.
>
> I understand the desire, and am sympathetic, but for all+ years I have been
> building R (or R-devel) from source this has never been optional. Nor has
any
> optionality (for the build of R has a whole) been documented, at least as
far
> as I know.
>
> Dirk
>
> --
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Dirk Eddelbuettel
2021-May-04 19:22 UTC
[Rd] Testing R build when using --without-recommended-packages?
On 4 May 2021 at 11:25, Henrik Bengtsson wrote: | FWIW, | | $ ./configure --help | ... | --with-recommended-packages | use/install recommended R packages [yes] Of course. But look at the verb in your Subject: no optionality _in testing_ there. You obviously need to be able to build R itself to then build the recommended packages you need for testing. Dirk -- https://dirk.eddelbuettel.com | @eddelbuettel | edd at debian.org