Error: The file "/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/en_US" can not be opened for reading

[ramiromagno]

Error: The file "/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/en_US" can not be opened for reading

[jennybc]

What happens with plain old R CMD check in the terminal?

I guess you've already done some additional configuration though:

I am on Archlinux and when I got this error I had aspell installed. I had however to install the word list for the language "en_US", i.e. aspell-en, to have devtools::check() run without that error.

But I doubt this is (was) a devtools issue.

[ramiromagno]

Hi Jenny!

For this test I have uninstalled aspell-en again.

R CMD check

So, running R CMD build . && R CMD check $(ls -t . | head -n1):

$ R CMD build . && R CMD check $(ls -t . | head -n1)
* checking for file ‘./DESCRIPTION’ ... OK
* preparing ‘hgnc’:
* checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... OK
* checking for LF line-endings in source and make files and shell scripts
* checking for empty or unneeded directories
Omitted ‘LazyData’ from DESCRIPTION
* building ‘hgnc_0.1.3.tar.gz’

* using log directory ‘/home/rmagno/sci/code/R/pkg/hgnc/hgnc.Rcheck’
* using R version 4.2.3 (2023-03-15)
* using platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)
* using session charset: UTF-8
* checking for file ‘hgnc/DESCRIPTION’ ... OK
* checking extension type ... Package
* this is package ‘hgnc’ version ‘0.1.3’
* package encoding: UTF-8
* checking package namespace information ... OK
* checking package dependencies ... OK
* checking if this is a source package ... OK
* checking if there is a namespace ... OK
* checking for executable files ... OK
* checking for hidden files and directories ... OK
* checking for portable file names ... OK
* checking for sufficient/correct file permissions ... OK
* checking whether package ‘hgnc’ can be installed ... OK
* checking installed package size ... OK
* checking package directory ... OK
* checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... OK
* checking top-level files ... OK
* checking for left-over files ... OK
* checking index information ... OK
* checking package subdirectories ... OK
* checking R files for non-ASCII characters ... OK
* checking R files for syntax errors ... OK
* checking whether the package can be loaded ... OK
* checking whether the package can be loaded with stated dependencies ... OK
* checking whether the package can be unloaded cleanly ... OK
* checking whether the namespace can be loaded with stated dependencies ... OK
* checking whether the namespace can be unloaded cleanly ... OK
* checking loading without being on the library search path ... OK
* checking dependencies in R code ... OK
* checking S3 generic/method consistency ... OK
* checking replacement functions ... OK
* checking foreign function calls ... OK
* checking R code for possible problems ... OK
* checking Rd files ... OK
* checking Rd metadata ... OK
* checking Rd cross-references ... OK
* checking for missing documentation entries ... OK
* checking for code/documentation mismatches ... OK
* checking Rd \usage sections ... OK
* checking Rd contents ... OK
* checking for unstated dependencies in examples ... OK
* checking examples ... OK
* checking for unstated dependencies in ‘tests’ ... OK
* checking tests ...
  Running ‘spelling.R’
 OK
* checking PDF version of manual ... OK
* DONE

Status: OK

devtools::check()

Running devtools::check(remote = TRUE, manual = TRUE) right after:

> devtools::check(remote = TRUE, manual = TRUE)
══ Documenting ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
ℹ Updating hgnc documentation
ℹ Loading hgnc

══ Building ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
Setting env vars:
• CFLAGS    : -Wall -pedantic -fdiagnostics-color=always
• CXXFLAGS  : -Wall -pedantic -fdiagnostics-color=always
• CXX11FLAGS: -Wall -pedantic -fdiagnostics-color=always
• CXX14FLAGS: -Wall -pedantic -fdiagnostics-color=always
• CXX17FLAGS: -Wall -pedantic -fdiagnostics-color=always
• CXX20FLAGS: -Wall -pedantic -fdiagnostics-color=always
── R CMD build ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
✔  checking for file ‘/home/rmagno/sci/code/R/pkg/hgnc/DESCRIPTION’ ...
─  preparing ‘hgnc’:
✔  checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ...
─  checking for LF line-endings in source and make files and shell scripts
─  checking for empty or unneeded directories
   Omitted ‘LazyData’ from DESCRIPTION
─  building ‘hgnc_0.1.3.tar.gz’
   
══ Checking ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
Setting env vars:
• _R_CHECK_CRAN_INCOMING_USE_ASPELL_           : TRUE
• _R_CHECK_CRAN_INCOMING_REMOTE_               : TRUE
• _R_CHECK_CRAN_INCOMING_                      : TRUE
• _R_CHECK_FORCE_SUGGESTS_                     : FALSE
• _R_CHECK_PACKAGES_USED_IGNORE_UNUSED_IMPORTS_: FALSE
• NOT_CRAN                                     : true
── R CMD check ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
─  using log directory ‘/tmp/RtmpbTss3r/file2d554245eaa3b3/hgnc.Rcheck’
─  using R version 4.2.3 (2023-03-15)
─  using platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)
─  using session charset: UTF-8
─  using option ‘--as-cran’
✔  checking for file ‘hgnc/DESCRIPTION’
─  checking extension type ... Package
─  this is package ‘hgnc’ version ‘0.1.3’
─  package encoding: UTF-8
─  checking CRAN incoming feasibility ...Error in aspell(files, filter = list("dcf", ignore = ignore), control = control,  : 
     Running aspell failed with diagnostics:
   Error: The file "/usr/lib/aspell-0.60/en_US" can not be opened for reading.
   Execution halted
   
── R CMD check results ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── hgnc 0.1.3 ────
Duration: 266ms

0 errors ✔ | 0 warnings ✔ | 0 notes ✔

[jennybc]

I still don't think these are comparable, in that the problem crops up in "checking CRAN incoming feasibility" which doesn't appear in the R CMD check result, presumably due to different options and env vars.

In any case, I am going to let this go, as I don't think there's evidence of a problem in devtools.