rhub::check_for_cran() cannot find version of vctrs (0.3.0) that dplyr (1.0.0) requires

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#1

I am developing a package (http://github.com/flyaflya/causact) that I want to launch on CRAN. As part of the checklist for launch, I run rhub::check_for_cran()

It fails with the following error:

Error in loadNamespace(i, c(lib.loc, .libPaths()), versionCheck = vI[[i]]) :
namespace 'vctrs' 0.2.4 is being loaded, but >= 0.3.0 is required

I do not import vctrs, but I do import dplyr which requires vctrs (>=0.3.0).

Any suggestions to get around this error? I feel like it is a bug somewhere in the chain, but not sure which package to log it with. I do notice on CRAN for vctrs, it says:

Windows binaries: r-devel: vctrs_0.2.4.zip, r-release: vctrs_0.3.0.zip, r-oldrel: vctrs_0.3.0.zip

where the r-devel is the older version (i.e. 0.2.4). might that be causing the issue?

Thanks for any guidance.

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#2

As soon as I hit enter, I think I may have discovered the issue.

In DESCRIPTION, I was requiring dplyr (>= 0.7.4) ... maybe I should require dplyr (>= 1.0.0). I will keep you posted if this works.

#3

The above was not the fix. I am thinking the issue is with the Windows binaries on CRAN for r-devel are stuck at vctrs 0.2.4 and not upgraded to 0.3.0.

Can anyone confirm this suspicion and recommend who to contact to fix it?

#4

Do you mean you get the error from rhub before your package even gets sent to the R-hub package builder?

#5

No. The R-hub package builder returns this error as part of its output in the 00install.out file. Here is the complete contents of that file:

  • installing source package 'causact' ...
    ** using staged installation
    ** R
    ** data
    *** moving datasets to lazyload DB
    ** byte-compile and prepare package for lazy loading
    Error in loadNamespace(i, c(lib.loc, .libPaths()), versionCheck = vI[[i]]) :
    namespace 'vctrs' 0.2.4 is being loaded, but >= 0.3.0 is required
    Calls: ... namespaceImport -> loadNamespace -> namespaceImport -> loadNamespace
    Execution halted
    ERROR: lazy loading failed for package 'causact'
  • removing 'C:/Users/USERBNOsJcrIKQ/R/causact'
#6

On all three platforms, i.e. in all three logs?

#7

This is an issue with install.packages I believe, it cannot install a mix of binary and source packages properly. See this issue for a workaround: https://github.com/r-hub/rhub/issues/367

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#8

Thanks. That guidance worked perfect. I just ran the following instead:

rhub::check(
  platform="windows-x86_64-devel",
  env_vars=c(R_COMPILE_AND_INSTALL_PACKAGES = "always")
)
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