A random sample of packages linking to Rcpp shows that many have NOTEs for installed package size.
I would avoid using special compiler flags, as this is something that may cause problems in the future. Ken > On 19 Mar 2023, at 8:27 am, Gilberto Camara <gilberto.camara.i...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hi Simon > > Many thanks for your quick response. > > My concern has to do with the CRAN Repository Policies, which state: > "Maintainers will be asked to update packages which show any warnings or > significant notes”. Since the concept of what are “significant notes" is not > clearly defined, it is natural that maintainers would like their packages to > be free of any NOTE. > > That said, your explanation is quite helpful and informative. > > Best regards > Gilberto > > ============================ > Prof Dr Gilberto Camara > Senior Researcher > National Institute for Space Research (INPE), Brazil > https://gilbertocamara.org/ > ============================= > > > > >> On 18 Mar 2023, at 18:19, Simon Urbanek <simon.urba...@r-project.org> wrote: >> >> Gilberto, >> >> Please note that size checks are not really relevant for binary packages - >> it is normal for binaries to be large as they may include static libraries >> (e.g., rgdal has 273Mb). Also note that 4.8Mb is rather small for a library >> since it also includes debugging symbols (CRAN packages are built with >> --dsym to make debugging easier) - so is there a particular reason you are >> concerned about the size? You can always remove the debugging symbols >> (libs/*.dsym) on your machine if you have issues with size. >> >> Cheers, >> Simon >> >> >>> On 19/03/2023, at 07:02, Gilberto Camara <gilberto.camara.i...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Dear R-SIG-MAC members >>> >>> We are the developers of R package sits and would like to ask for your help >>> in solving a problem with library size on R macOS binaries. >>> >>> Before submission to CRAN, version 1.3.0 of sits >>> (https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/sits/index.html) has been tested >>> in various environments, including Ubuntu, Fedora, CRAN winbuilder (all >>> flavors). We have tested sits-1.3.0 on r-release-mac-x86_64 and >>> r-release-macos-arm64 with the following configurations: >>> >>> - r-release-macos-x86_64: R 4.2.2, MacMini 3.2GHz, 6 cores, 32 MB RAM, >>> macOS Ventura 3.2.1, Apple clang version 14.0.3 (clang-1403.0.22.14.1). >>> >>> - r-release-macos-arm64: R 4.2.2, MacBookAir, chip ARM M1, 8 cores, 16 MB >>> RAM, macOS Monterrey 12.6, Apple clang version 14.0.0 >>> (clang-1400.0.29.201). >>> >>> In our configuration of r-release-macos-x86_64, the installed size is 3.8 >>> MB, and the libs directory size is 436 KB. On r-release-macos-arm64, the >>> installed size is 5.4 MB and the libs directory size is 1.6 MB. >>> >>> The current CRAN check on sits version 1.3.0 reports a NOTE on >>> r-release-macos-arm64 and r-oldrel-macos-arm64, with an installation size >>> of 7.3Mb with the libs directory size reported as 4.8Mb. CRAN is using >>> Apple clang version 13.0.0 ((clang-1300.0.29.30) on r-release-macos-arm64 >>> and Apple clang version 12.0.0 (clang-1200.0.32.29) on >>> r-oldrel-macos-arm64. >>> >>> There is a 3.2 MB difference in size between what CRAN reports and what we >>> obtain in our tests for r-release-macos-arm64. We would appreciate your >>> guidance on how to address this problem and, if possible, point to a >>> reliable way to reduce package size in macOS. >>> >>> Note that our package links to RCpp and RCppArmadillo. >>> >>> Our current Makevars configuration is given below >>> ========================================== >>> # suggestion by Dirk Eddelbuettel >>> SHLIB_CXXLDFLAGS = -Wlto,-S -shared >>> SHLIB_CXX11LDFLAGS = -Wlto,-S -shared >>> SHLIB_CXX14LDFLAGS = -Wlto,-S -shared >>> SHLIB_FCLDFLAGS = -Wlto,-S -shared >>> SHLIB_LDFLAGS = -Wlto,-S -shared >>> >>> ## suggestion by Dirk Eddelbuettel >>> PKG_CXXFLAGS = $(SHLIB_OPENMP_CXXFLAGS) >>> PKG_LIBS = $(SHLIB_OPENMP_CXXFLAGS) $(LAPACK_LIBS) $(BLAS_LIBS) $(FLIBS) >>> >>> strippedLib: $(SHLIB) >>> if test -e "/usr/bin/strip" & test -e "/bin/uname" & [[ `uname` == "Linux" >>> ]] ; then /usr/bin/strip --strip-debug $(SHLIB); fi >>> >>> clean: >>> rm -f $(OBJECTS) >>> >>> .phony: strippedLib clean >>> =========================================== >>> >>> Any help would be much appreciated. >>> >>> Best regards >>> Gilberto >>> ============================ >>> Prof Dr Gilberto Camara >>> Senior Researcher >>> National Institute for Space Research (INPE), Brazil >>> https://gilbertocamara.org/ >>> ============================= >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> R-SIG-Mac mailing list >>> R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac >>> >> > > _______________________________________________ > R-SIG-Mac mailing list > R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
