R SIG Fedora - Jan 2022 - dependencies for building R

Hi Tom,
As I maintain a few packages on CRAN, The Rules say I should build
them with an up to the minute version of R. Whenever I have installed
R from a repo, it always seems to be a few versions behind. I'll let
you know how it goes. Thanks.

Jim

On Fri, Jan 7, 2022 at 5:00 PM Tom Callaway <spotrh at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> sudo dnf --enablerepo="*-source" builddep R
>
> This will look at the Fedora R source package (from the Fedora source
repositories, normally disabled) and install all the BuildRequires it specifies.
>
> I can't remember off hand if the "builddep" plug-in
automatically enables the source repos these days, so that bit might be a no-op,
but it's not harmful.
>
> ~spot
>
> P.S. I assume you have a solid reason to build your own, but if you would
like to see changes to the Fedora R package, my inbox is always open. :)
>
> On Fri, Jan 7, 2022, 12:42 AM Jim Lemon <drjimlemon at gmail.com>
wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>> I am once again trying to install the necessary dependencies for
>> building R on a new installation of Fedora 35. Is there any easier way
>> to do this than running ./configure many times and plugging the holes
>> one by one?
>>
>> Jim
>>
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On Friday, 7 January 2022 07.30.22 WET Jim Lemon wrote:
> Hi Tom,
> As I maintain a few packages on CRAN, The Rules say I should build
> them with an up to the minute version of R. Whenever I have installed
> R from a repo, it always seems to be a few versions behind. I'll let
> you know how it goes. Thanks.
> 
> Jim
Please take what follows as genuine curiosity, because it is. :-)

Your remark seems strange because in general Tom rebuilds R in one or two 
weeks after it is released, at least for point releases.

The issue sometimes happens when a new release happens where in some cases the 
only viable option is to rebuild all the R packages. In that case we need to 
come with a way to automatically rebuild the packages (because order matters 
here).

Is this the problem that you are seeing?

Another worthwhile mentioning project is:
https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/iucar/cran/

Best regards,
-- 
Jos? Ab?lio
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