R: rngtools uninstallable due to dependency on R 3.6

[pmenzel]

Trying to rebuild R 3.5.3 to fix the rJava issue, some packages cannot be installed, as rngtools 1.3.1.1 now requires at least R 3.6.

Warning: dependencies ‘rngtools’, ‘fpc’ are not available

So, we need to find a way how to specify versions or just move to R 3.6, and delete 3.5.3 afterward.

$ grep 'ERROR:' R-3.5.3-1.build.log
ERROR: configuration failed for package ‘V8’
ERROR: dependency ‘V8’ is not available for package ‘dagitty’
ERROR: configuration failed for package ‘sf’
ERROR: dependency ‘rngtools’ is not available for package ‘doRNG’
ERROR: dependency ‘dagitty’ is not available for package ‘pcalg’
ERROR: dependency ‘sf’ is not available for package ‘spdep’
ERROR: dependency ‘fpc’ is not available for package ‘dendextend’
ERROR: dependency ‘dendextend’ is not available for package ‘seriation’
ERROR: dependency ‘seriation’ is not available for package ‘corrgram’
ERROR: compilation failed for package ‘gsl’
ERROR: dependency ‘rngtools’ is not available for package ‘doRNG’
ERROR: dependency ‘doRNG’ is not available for package ‘blockmodeling’
ERROR: dependency ‘gsl’ is not available for package ‘copula’
ERROR: dependency ‘blockmodeling’ is not available for package ‘EBSeq’
ERROR: dependency ‘copula’ is not available for package ‘zinbwave’
ERROR: dependency ‘gridSVG’ is not available for package ‘arrayQualityMetrics’
ERROR: dependency ‘EBSeq’ is not available for package ‘scDD’
ERROR: dependency ‘doRNG’ is not available for package ‘bumphunter’
ERROR: dependency ‘bumphunter’ is not available for package ‘minfi’
ERROR: dependency ‘minfi’ is not available for package ‘methylumi’
ERROR: dependency ‘methylumi’ is not available for package ‘lumi’

[donald]

The idea here is: If any of the components make trouble during rebuild/update we don't spend to much time on it, but just drop it. Users of these components then need to use the old package version.

That said, here is a page that describes how to install specific older versions of CRAN packages https://support.rstudio.com/hc/en-us/articles/219949047-Installing-older-versions-of-packages .

or just move to R 3.6, and delete 3.5.3 afterward.

We don't delete old builds or versions from /pkg.

Anyway, I don't know, why you need to rebuild, but if you do, maybe you can just do R 3.6 instead?

[pmenzel]

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We don't delete old builds or versions from /pkg.

R-3.5.3-0 is currently broken as rJava wasn’t installed correctly.

Anyway, I don't know, why you need to rebuild, but if you do, maybe you can just do R 3.6 instead?

Yeah, I started that (#62).