[Rcpp-devel] Creating an R package using an existing .so file

[Jeff Newmiller]

Also, it is important that all compiler flags are set consistently among all compilation units to insure proper linkage, and this policy helps keep those settings in one place.

On November 5, 2020 6:10:55 PM PST, Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd at debian.org> wrote:
>
>On 4 November 2020 at 15:24, Jon Davidson wrote:
>| I have an existing Rcpp module that has already been compiled into a
>.so.
>| How can I integrate this into an R package?
>
>I am afraid you can't as an .so file can only be used on one
>architecture,
>and likely one subsets thereof (i.e. a Debian object file may not work
>on
>Fedora, or Ubuntu, or maybe even a different Debian version).
>
>That is why "the documentation" (ie WRE, CRAN Policy) say source only.
>
>| The existing vignette for packaging an Rcpp module involves including
>the
>| C++ source in the package folder, which will not be feasible for my
>| setup. I can, however, have the compiled .so file in the folder.
>Thanks for
>| your help!
>
>Dirk
>
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