snapshot kind find source from LOCAL pkgs when that has CRAN
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Description
I'm relying on a local, newer version of a package that is also on CRAN.
That means, of course, that that package has in the DESCRIPTION
Repository: CRAN
When I now do some dev on this package locally, install it via packrat::install_local(pkgs = pkgs) and then run packrat::snapshot() I get:
> packrat::snapshot(prompt = FALSE)
Upgrading these packages already present in packrat:
from to
qmethod 1.5.0 1.6.0
Fetching sources for qmethod (1.6.0) ... FAILED
Error in snapshotSources(project, activeRepos(project), allRecordsFlat) :
Errors occurred when fetching source files:
Error in getSourceForPkgRecord(pkgRecord, sourceDir, availablePkgs, repos) :
Couldn't find source for version 1.6.0 of qmethod (1.4.2 is current)
The problem disappears when I delete Repository: CRAN from the DESCRIPTION.
Intended Behavior? Odd? Bug?
I would think that this happens a lot when people use "fresher" versions than on CRAN ...
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue with packrat::install_local(pkgs = pkgs) followed by packrat::snapshot(prompt = FALSE), using a local package newer than its CRAN version. Start at snapshotSources and getSourceForPkgRecord, then verify that snapshot can identify the local source for the newer package despite Repository: CRAN in DESCRIPTION.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- r
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100