Re: [Rd] tools::startDynamicHelp(): Randomly prevents R from exiting (on MS Windows)

Henrik, I was able to reproduce this both with Rscript and interactively using the same version of R you're using (fresh install) and Windows 10.0.22621.2715. It took about a dozen tries. Steve Original Message On Jan 6, 2024, 12:38, Henrik Bengtsson wrote: > ISSUE: On MS Wi

Re: [Rd] tools::startDynamicHelp(): Randomly prevents R from exiting (on MS Windows)

Thank you for confirming this. I just filed PR#18650 (https://bugs.r-project.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18650). FWIW, I've found two other issues with startDynamicHelp() prior to this: * https://bugs.r-project.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18645 * https://bugs.r-project.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18648 /Henrik On Sat,

[Rd] tools::startDynamicHelp(): Randomly prevents R from exiting (on MS Windows)

ISSUE: On MS Windows, running cmd.exe, calling Rscript --vanilla -e "port <- tools::startDynamicHelp(); port; port <- tools::startDynamicHelp(FALSE); port" will sometimes stall R at the end, preventing it from existing. This also happens when running R in interactive mode. It seems to stem fro