From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp-out-so.shaw.ca (smtp-out-so.shaw.ca [64.59.136.137]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 49CBE388E80C for ; Tue, 5 May 2020 14:55:18 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 49CBE388E80C Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=SystematicSw.ab.ca Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=brian.inglis@systematicsw.ab.ca Received: from [192.168.1.104] ([24.64.172.44]) by shaw.ca with ESMTP id VyyYjVaKUYYpxVyyZjaIzI; Tue, 05 May 2020 08:55:16 -0600 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.3 cv=OubUNx3t c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=kiZT5GMN3KAWqtYcXc+/4Q==:117 a=kiZT5GMN3KAWqtYcXc+/4Q==:17 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=w_pzkKWiAAAA:8 a=fUOXEt1cAAAA:8 a=uPZiAMpXAAAA:8 a=ZgnnjyLeYf-KzQE-LeEA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=_5pPBojKM3oA:10 a=uIq0c7sKJzkA:10 a=sRI3_1zDfAgwuvI8zelB:22 a=IGrPI4CEQtjHBCxVeCp9:22 Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: R does not handle package non-ASCII DESCRIPTION files properly To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <9164cff70d13d9f7ca451f42fc868a14@mhoenicka.de> <129c4e64-4051-0cc2-0706-c39eaacbdc9e@gmail.com> From: Brian Inglis Autocrypt: addr=Brian.Inglis@SystematicSw.ab.ca; prefer-encrypt=mutual; keydata= mDMEXopx8xYJKwYBBAHaRw8BAQdAnCK0qv/xwUCCZQoA9BHRYpstERrspfT0NkUWQVuoePa0 LkJyaWFuIEluZ2xpcyA8QnJpYW4uSW5nbGlzQFN5c3RlbWF0aWNTdy5hYi5jYT6IlgQTFggA PhYhBMM5/lbU970GBS2bZB62lxu92I8YBQJeinHzAhsDBQkJZgGABQsJCAcCBhUKCQgLAgQW AgMBAh4BAheAAAoJEB62lxu92I8Y0ioBAI8xrggNxziAVmr+Xm6nnyjoujMqWcq3oEhlYGAO WacZAQDFtdDx2koSVSoOmfaOyRTbIWSf9/Cjai29060fsmdsDLg4BF6KcfMSCisGAQQBl1UB BQEBB0Awv8kHI2PaEgViDqzbnoe8B9KMHoBZLS92HdC7ZPh8HQMBCAeIfgQYFggAJhYhBMM5 /lbU970GBS2bZB62lxu92I8YBQJeinHzAhsMBQkJZgGAAAoJEB62lxu92I8YZwUBAJw/74rF IyaSsGI7ewCdCy88Lce/kdwX7zGwid+f8NZ3AQC/ezTFFi5obXnyMxZJN464nPXiggtT9gN5 RSyTY8X+AQ== Organization: Systematic Software Message-ID: Date: Tue, 5 May 2020 08:55:14 -0600 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-CA Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4wfMxozwBxhcf0r93j/F7+qChULF+XuMq76qn+gWmSr3SUMKuWttBE4vjD1OV4d3FuakLFJO1AbFGB+yJ0QOHycAf7S2aBWbCzUMchT+QkaKFpRACEyg35 IkP2DBiimDU9FRS7kiAhZfuqs4ohyRFDZJyFJmxbOkIqwQ2Lq8XV6dbtidKDnjAxd3ahMQNXP2KsuQ== X-Spam-Status: No, score=-15.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_NONE, TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 May 2020 14:55:28 -0000 On 2020-05-05 02:47, Markus Hoenicka wrote: > Am 2020-04-30 22:17, schrieb Marco Atzeri via Cygwin: >> Am 30.04.2020 um 17:28 schrieb Markus Hoenicka: >>> I've contacted the processx package maintainer on a problem reported here >>> previously (see https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/2020-April/244667.html). >>> He suggested to try the github version but that triggered a different type of >>> error which does not seem to be package-specific. >>> >>> 1st try: build from a local copy of the github package sources with default >>> locale settings on a German Windows 10 system >>> >>>> install.packages("/cygdrive/c/Temp/processx-master",repos=NULL,type="source") >>> Installing package into ‘/usr/lib/R/site-library’ >>> (as ‘lib’ is unspecified) >>> * installing *source* package ‘processx’ ... >>> ** using staged installation >>> Error : Invalid DESCRIPTION file >>> >>> Authors@R field gives no person with maintainer role, valid email >>> address and non-empty name. >>> >>> See section 'The DESCRIPTION file' in the 'Writing R Extensions' >>> manual. >>> >>> ERROR: installing package DESCRIPTION failed for package ‘processx’ >>> * removing ‘/usr/lib/R/site-library/processx’ >>> Warning message: >>> In install.packages("/cygdrive/c/Temp/processx-master", repos = NULL,  : >>>    installation of package ‘/cygdrive/c/Temp/processx-master’ had non-zero >>> exit status >> Noted. I will look on both the two issues but it could take a bit. >> I never looked at the build process of R packages in such details > kind of "while you're at it": I've noticed one additional problem with non-ASCII > characters. This may or may not be related to the problem reported above. > Several packages throw an error during installation, in my case questionr, > readr, pls, and vegan. The output of the latter is shown here: > > installing to /usr/lib/R/site-library/00LOCK-vegan/00new/vegan/libs > ** R > ** data > ** inst > ** byte-compile and prepare package for lazy loading > ** help > *** installing help indices > Error in Rd_info(db[[i]]) : >   missing/empty \title field in > '/tmp/RtmprL23H1/R.INSTALLffe51949f2e2/vegan/man/sipoo.Rd' > Rd files must have a non-empty \title. > See chapter 'Writing R documentation' in manual 'Writing R Extensions'. > * removing ‘/usr/lib/R/site-library/vegan’ > > The file in question (man/sipoo.Rd) starts like this: > > \encoding{UTF-8} > \name{sipoo} > \alias{sipoo} > \alias{sipoo.map} > \docType{data} > \title{ Birds in the Archipelago of Sipoo (Sibbo and Borgå)} > > Please note that the encoding is set to UTF-8 explicitely. Nonetheless, the a > with overring in "Borgå" seems to mess up the title, which makes R think the > \title field is missing. Changing the å to a circumvents this problem. I've also > noticed that non-ASCII characters outside the title field do not hurt at all. Add "Encoding: UTF-8" to the package DESCRIPTION file and remove from .Rd files, as documented near the bottom of the section: https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-exts.html#The-DESCRIPTION-file referenced by: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18080303/rd-files-with-different-encoding -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada This email may be disturbing to some readers as it contains too much technical detail. Reader discretion is advised.