Does it happen consistently? If it's only happened once, could be a transient glitch in package dependencies. I'd try re-testing, as a start. Alternatively, if you're willing to add an R >= 3.5.1 dependency to your package, presumably CRAN won't mind if it fails tests on old-release ...
On 2018-11-07 4:55 p.m., Derek Ogle wrote: > I am considering a CRAN release of a new package and was using R-winbuilder > as a check. The check was successful with all but the "old-release" version > (see https://win-builder.r-project.org/UhyHnNyn4Ukz/00check.log). The two > errors both appear to be related to tests using testhtat::expect_output() and > begin with the "ICU init failed: U_FILE_ACCESS_ERROR" error message. The full > output for the first error is pasted below. My internet searches suggest (to > me, but I am not confident) that this error is related to the stringr or > stringi packages, which both appear to be used by testthat::expect_output(). > Given that I don't receive this error in any other checking, I am not sure > how to troubleshoot it (besides simply removing this test). Any thoughts > would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. > > ** running tests for arch 'i386' ... [5s] ERROR > Running 'test-all.R' [4s] > Running the tests in 'tests/test-all.R' failed. > Complete output: > > library(testthat) > > test_check("RFishBC") > Loading required package: RFishBC > ## RFishBC v0.0.13.9000. See vignettes at derekogle.com/RFishBC/. > > -- 1. Error: backCalc() output types (@test_OUTPUTS.R#272) > -------------------- > ICU init failed: U_FILE_ACCESS_ERROR > 1: expect_output(backCalc(SMBassWB, lencap, BCM = "DALE", inFormat = > "wide", digits = 0), > "Dahl-Lea") at testthat/test_OUTPUTS.R:272 > 2: quasi_capture(enquo(object), capture_output, label = label) > 3: capture(act$val <- eval_bare(get_expr(quo), get_env(quo))) > 4: capture_output_lines(code, print, width = width) > 5: eval_with_output(code, print = print, width = width) > 6: withr::with_output_sink(temp, withVisible(code)) > 7: force(code) > 8: withVisible(code) > 9: eval_bare(get_expr(quo), get_env(quo)) > 10: backCalc(SMBassWB, lencap, BCM = "DALE", inFormat = "wide", digits = 0) > 11: stringr::str_replace_all > 12: getExportedValue(pkg, name) > 13: asNamespace(ns) > 14: getNamespace(ns) > 15: tryCatch(loadNamespace(name), error = function(e) stop(e)) > 16: tryCatchList(expr, classes, parentenv, handlers) > 17: tryCatchOne(expr, names, parentenv, handlers[[1L]]) > 18: value[[3L]](cond) > > ______________________________________________ > R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel > ______________________________________________ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel