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Installing packages from source fails when enable LSP support

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Description

Describe the bug
When enable LSP support, multiple R-backend processes will exist. Then when I try to install some package from source, it will fail and print that the previous package can not be removed.

And in windows 11, when I kill these processes in the system manager, the installation will be succeed.

Also when I disable the LSP support in the setting, the installation also passes.

To Reproduce
I use the following task configuration in vscode.

{
	"version": "2.0.0",
	"tasks": [
		{
			"type": "R",
			"code": [
				"devtools::install(upgrade=FALSE, quick=TRUE)"
			],
			"group": {
				"kind": "build",
				"isDefault": true
			},
			"problemMatcher": [],
			"label": "R: Quick Install",
			"presentation": {
				"reveal": "silent",
				"focus": true,
				"panel": "shared"
			}
		},
		{
			"type": "R",
			"code": [
				"devtools::install(upgrade=FALSE)"
			],
			"group": {
				"kind": "build"
			},
			"problemMatcher": [],
			"label": "R: Full Install",
			"presentation": {
				"reveal": "silent",
				"focus": true,
				"panel": "shared"
			}
		},
		{
			"type": "R",
			"code": [
				"devtools::build()"
			],
			"group": "build",
			"problemMatcher": [],
			"label": "R: Build"
		}
	]
}

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the failure with the supplied VS Code task configuration, with LSP support enabled and disabled, and compare the Windows process behavior. Confirm whether the package installation fails because an R-backend process keeps the previous package in use. Done means source installation succeeds with LSP enabled without manually killing processes.

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Assessment

Tech stack
r, vscode
Domain
developer-experience, tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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