Re: [R-pkg-devel] Question about selective platform for my R package

2017-07-07 Thread Disa Mhembere
Ok, sure. Thanks again :) On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 9:37 AM, Dason Kurkiewicz wrote: > You'll want to examine the note on the SystemRequirements field for the > DESCRIPTION file in the same link as before. Actually maybe you should > spend some time reading through that documentation - it's a bit d

Re: [R-pkg-devel] Question about selective platform for my R package

2017-07-07 Thread Dason Kurkiewicz
You'll want to examine the note on the SystemRequirements field for the DESCRIPTION file in the same link as before. Actually maybe you should spend some time reading through that documentation - it's a bit dry but will get you more familiar with what's possible. -Dason Kurkiewicz On Jul 7, 2017

Re: [R-pkg-devel] Question about selective platform for my R package

2017-07-07 Thread Disa Mhembere
Super -- exactly what I needed! My other question was how to define OS level dependencies like `hwloc` for linux that is obtainable via the system package manager? Thanks, - Disa On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 1:41 AM, Dason Kurkiewicz wrote: > What you want is to specify the OS_type in your DESCRIPTIO

Re: [R-pkg-devel] Question about selective platform for my R package

2017-07-06 Thread Dason Kurkiewicz
What you want is to specify the OS_type in your DESCRIPTION file. This is documented in writing R extensions https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-release/R-exts.html#The-DESCRIPTION-file -Dason Kurkiewicz On Jul 7, 2017 1:30 AM, "Disa Mhembere" wrote: > Hello, > > I made an R package that i

[R-pkg-devel] Question about selective platform for my R package

2017-07-06 Thread Disa Mhembere
Hello, I made an R package that is specifically for OSX and Linux, and not Windows. I pass all checks locally on these platforms, but when I upload my package to CRAN the system tries to compile my code on a Windows box which obviously results in an error. What is the traditional method of specify