check with an earlier version of an upstream package?

bbolker commented 3 years ago

Suppose I suspect that recent release x.y.z.new of an upstream package up_pkg might have broken my package my_pkg on platform P. If I were testing locally or on a CI platform with flexible configuration I would do something like remotes::install_version("up_pkg", version = "x.y.z.old") after installing package dependencies, and before running checks, to confirm my suspicion.

Is there a way to achieve this, or the equivalent?

In this case my_pkg = glmmTMB, up_pkg = RcppEigen, x.y.z.new = 0.3.3.9.1, x.y.z.old = 0.3.3.7.0, P = "Oracle Solaris 10, x86, 32 bit, R release, Oracle Developer Studio 12.6"

gaborcsardi commented 3 years ago

Add this to your package DESCRIPTION:

Remotes: cran/RcppEigen@0.3.3.7.0

Btw, it is much simpler to debug Solaris issues if you have a local VM. You can get a VirtualBox or VMWare image from here: https://files.r-hub.io/solaris/ and then update R on it like it: https://github.com/r-hub/solarischeck/tree/master/packer#using-the-vm

bbolker commented 3 years ago

thanks!

r-hub / rhub

check with an earlier version of an upstream package? #480