[R-pkg-devel] Github action setup for R 4.2.0 on Windows?

[Avraham Adler]

Indeed, thank you, Dr. Murdoch, for sharing how to update the workflows!

Avi

On Sat, Apr 23, 2022 at 2:23 PM Hiroaki Yutani <yutani.ini using gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Great. Thanks for sharing!
>
> 2022年4月23日(土) 23:12 Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan using gmail.com>:
> >
> > On 23/04/2022 9:42 a.m., Hiroaki Yutani wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I asked about it, but they decided to keep using Rtools40's UCRT
> > > toolchain by default for r-lib/actions/setup-r, until GitHub's default
> > > is switched to Rtools42. To obtain the Rtools42, we need to specify
> > > `rtools-version: '42'`.
> > >
> > > c.f. https://github.com/r-lib/actions/issues/553
> >
> > Thanks, that fixes it.  To be explicit, these are the changes to the
> > workflow:
> >
> >     strategy:
> >        fail-fast: false
> >        matrix:
> >          config:
> >
> >                # New option on the next line:
> >
> >            - {os: windows-latest, r: 'release', rtools-version: '42'}
> >            - {os: ubuntu-18.04,   r: 'devel', rspm:
> > "https://packagemanager.rstudio.com/cran/__linux__/bionic/latest",
> > http-user-agent: "R/4.1.0 (ubuntu-18.04) R (4.1.0 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
> > x86_64 linux-gnu) on GitHub Actions" }
> >
> >      env:
> >        R_REMOTES_NO_ERRORS_FROM_WARNINGS: true
> >        _R_CHECK_FORCE_SUGGESTS_: false
> >        # _R_CHECK_RD_XREFS_: false
> >        # _R_CHECK_CRAN_INCOMING_: false
> >        # _R_CHECK_AUTOCONF_: false
> >        RSPM: ${{ matrix.config.rspm }}
> >        GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
> >        RGL_USE_NULL: true
> >
> >      steps:
> >        - uses: actions/checkout using v2
> >
> >           # Change to @v2 on the next line:
> >
> >        - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r using v2
> >          with:
> >            r-version: ${{ matrix.config.r }}
> >            http-user-agent: ${{ matrix.config.http-user-agent }}
> >
> >               # Add this line to make use of the option
> >
> >            rtools-version: ${{ matrix.config.rtools-version }}
> >
> >
> > I also updated the setup-pandoc action to v2, but that's unrelated.
> >
> > Duncan Murdoch
> >
> > >
> > > Best,
> > > Yutani
> > >
> > > 2022年4月23日(土) 22:37 Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan using gmail.com>:
> > >>
> > >> Today a Github actions check of rgl failed on Windows with R 4.2.0 and
> > >> this error:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> g++  -std=gnu++11 -I"C:/R/include" -DNDEBUG -DHAVE_PNG_H -DHAVE_FREETYPE
> > >> -Iext -Iext/ftgl
> > >> -Ic:/rtools42/x86_64-w64-mingw32.static.posix/include/freetype2
> > >> -DRGL_W32    -I"c:/rtools42/x86_64-w64-mingw32.static.posix/include"
> > >> -O2 -Wall  -mfpmath=sse -msse2 -mstackrealign  -Wall -pedantic -c
> > >> BBoxDeco.cpp -o BBoxDeco.o
> > >> In file included from glgui.h:10,
> > >>                    from BBoxDeco.cpp:6:
> > >> ext/ftgl/FTGL/ftgl.h:32:10: fatal error: ft2build.h: No such file or
> > >> directory
> > >>      32 | #include <ft2build.h>
> > >>         |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~
> > >> compilation terminated.
> > >> make: *** [C:/R/etc/x64/Makeconf:259: BBoxDeco.o] Error 1
> > >> ERROR: compilation failed for package 'rgl'
> > >> * removing
> > >> 'C:/Users/RUNNER~1/AppData/Local/Temp/RtmpOc4X2w/Rinst105c7555452b/rgl'
> > >>         -----------------------------------
> > >> ERROR: package installation failed
> > >> Error: Error in proc$get_built_file() : Build process failed
> > >> Calls: <Anonymous> ... build_package -> with_envvar -> force -> <Anonymous>
> > >> Execution halted
> > >> Error: Process completed with exit code 1.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> If I'm interpreting it correctly, the problem is that the Freetype
> > >> includes are not installed.  I don't have a good local Windows build
> > >> system running currently, but I believe Rtools42 includes Freetype, so
> > >> this makes it look as though the Github build doesn't have a proper
> > >> install of Rtools42.
> > >>
> > >> The script I was using is here:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> https://github.com/dmurdoch/rgl/blob/master/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
> > >>
> > >> Can anyone spot what I'm doing wrong, or is it just a matter of waiting
> > >> until something else is updated on Github?
> > >>
> > >> Duncan Murdoch
> > >>
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> >
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