I would like to put the https://github.com/tdhock/PeakSegDisk package on CRAN. This package needs Berkeley DB C++ Standard Template Library. What do I need to do to get this package (with compiled mac/windows binaries) on CRAN?
This C++ library is relatively easy to install https://github.com/tdhock/PeakSegPipeline/wiki/FAQ#installing-berkeleydb-stl but probably too big (tar.gz source code is 43MB) to include in the R package, so I have indicated this external library dependency in the SystemRequirements field of DESCRIPTION. I have also put PKG_LIBS=-ldb_stl in my src/Makevars. Is that OK? My Linux travis builds pass CRAN checks just fine https://travis-ci.org/tdhock/PeakSegDisk/jobs/442813478 because I have installed the libdb5.1-stl-dev package which provides -ldb_stl. Usually I check my packages on win-builder prior to CRAN submission. When I check PeakSegDisk on win-builder, I get a linker error (db_stl not found) because presumbly it is not installed on the win-builder machine. So presumably my package would not pass checks on CRAN. I have emailed Uwe Ligges to ask to install BerkeleyDB STL on win-builder but I have got no response. Is there anybody else I should ask? Is there anything else I should do? FYI I believe that I have done my homework. From a search of "systemrequirements" on r-package-devel I saw that there are several related threads, for example a message on Feb 4 from Dirk who explains how to use PKG_LIBS. However I did not see any specific explanation of how to get a package with dependent compiled code on CRAN. Maybe the officially accepted method should be added to Writing R Extensions or CRAN Repository policies? Thanks in advance for any help/advice you can provide. Toby Dylan Hocking [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel
