Thanks for the swift reply. Maybe some clarifications from my side - I am not referring to the R-4.2.0 version (manual). But the earlier up to R-4.1.3 version manuals, where there always was a section about "Building the MSI installer" [right after Building the Inno Setup Installer] included (ending with thanks to David del Campo). And as far as I can tell the Inno Setup section is also gone from the 4.2.0 manual now? On purpose? Then why is it that there is still an /installer folder in R-4.2.0 with all the Inno Setup files eg header.iss and JRins.R as well as WiXins.R in it, and the installer/Makefile also still includes all these sections.
So in the spirit of things I guess that all lines in the .../installer/Makefile (line 49 and lines 180 ff.) as well as the whole “WiXins.R” file in the /installer folder should be removed from R-4.1.3.tar.gz (which is available in that form for download from r-project)? And judging from the manual the .iss related parts as well? At the same time R-4.0.5 msi build works fine so probably should not be altered/removed in R-4.0.5.tar.gz? G, W -----Original Message----- From: Tomas Kalibera <tomas.kalib...@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2022 3:07 PM To: Gmail <walter.dju...@gmail.com>; r-devel@R-project.org Subject: Re: [Rd] Building R-4.1.3 from source - creating .msi fails On 5/9/22 18:36, Gmail wrote: > Dear all, > lately I was building R-4.1.3 from source and as the final step I > decided to also try and build the .msi file. > > I was following along the R Admin manual and using Jeroens “r-windows/r-base” > GitHub repo as a basis. > The build, the tests all the way to the Inno-Setup Windows .exe installer > completed successfully - but not the "R-4.1.3.msi" file. The MSI installer is not supported. I can't see it mentioned in R-Admin, but if you found it there or in some documentation, please report, so that it can be removed. Best Tomas > Since I am not really knowledgeable when it comes to debugging WiX failures I > was hoping someone here has some helpful comments. > > Below are the logs/output/errors/file excerpts: > ========================= > > R-4.1.3.log: > ---------------- > Windows Installer XML Toolset Compiler version 3.11.2.4516 Copyright > (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved. > > *** asterisk lines separate content of different files > ********************************** > > ********************************************************************** > ******* > R.wxs [file] > D:\r-base\src\R-source\src\gnuwin32\installer\R.wxs(50036) : error > CNDL0104 : Not a valid source file; > detail: The 'DirectoryRef' start tag on line 50033 position 14 does not match > the end tag of 'Component'. Line 50036, position 19. > > > ********************************************************************** > ******* R.wxs [file] (lines 50032 – 50037, etc.) I understand the > error is the result of line 50034 having the first of many (after that > line there are hundreds) “unprovoked” NA’s : > ... > ... > </DirectoryRef> > <DirectoryRef Id="dirDFBCD23F607D1BCC15748A367C06C465"> > NA > <File Id="fil49DED439D60E725AA5D6402B8A36B915" > KeyPath="yes" Source="R-4.1.3\library\base\help\print.DLLInfoList.html" /> > </Component> > </DirectoryRef> > <DirectoryRef Id="dir4A5E34FDE4B660BFC361AB8682CC00A3"> > .... > .... > Additionally here follows line 82158 where, because there are no more > file-ids after line 82160 below the NAs also disappear: > <DirectoryRef Id="dir1FF2414B716F9EC0C950A7D0C5600532"> > NA > <File Id="fil7FBA10F4604BA92660D4FA85CA81B1BC" > KeyPath="yes" > Source="R-4.1.3\library\Matrix\help\coerce+2ClsTMatrix+2CdsTMatrix-method.html" > /> > </Component> > </DirectoryRef> > <DirectoryRef Id="dirD31021A615C26B5D3F93CF12408AE4B5"> > <Directory Id="dir0016419565268E77B190EFC6ECFE56AD" > Name="LC_MESSAGES" /> > </DirectoryRef> > > ********************************************************************** > ******* files.wxs [file] here is the corresponding files Fragment of > the above (first) "corrupted" tag ie of file-id: > fil49DED439D60E725AA5D6402B8A36B915 > ... > ... > <Fragment> > <DirectoryRef Id="dirDFBCD23F607D1BCC15748A367C06C465"> > <Component Id="cmp9D50FF8D0F55461A69B18CCAC6292CA3" > Guid="PUT-GUID-HERE"> > <File Id="fil49DED439D60E725AA5D6402B8A36B915" KeyPath="yes" > Source="SourceDir\library\base\help\print.DLLInfoList.html" /> > </Component> > </DirectoryRef> > </Fragment> > <Fragment> > ... > ... > > ********************************************************************** > ******* The “WiXins.R” file I am using is the unmodified > /src/gnuwin32/installer/WiXins.R of the .tar.gz downloaded from: > https://cran.r-project.org/src/base/R-4/R-4.1.3.tar.gz > > ========================= > Greetings, > Walter > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
