[ARROW-15092] [R] create_package_with_all_dependencies() fails on MacOS 11.2

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 6.0.1
• Fix Version/s: 8.0.0
• Component/s: R
• Labels: pull-request-available
• Environment: R on MacOS 11.2 (Big Sur)
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/30604
• Assignee: Karl Dunkle Werner
• Reporter: Maximilian König
• Created: 14/Dec/21 09:33
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 08:44
• Resolved: 20/Apr/22 18:27

Description

I installed the Arrow Package inside a fresh R-Install on Mac OS 11.2 (BigSur) and tried to use the function create_package_with_all_dependencies():

> library(arrow)
> create_package_with_all_dependencies('/home/max/test.tar.gz')
Downloading Arrow source file
versuche URL 'https://mirror.dogado.de/cran/src/contrib/arrow_6.0.1.tar.gz'
Content type 'application/octet-stream' length 4774511 bytes (4.6 MB)
===================================================
downloaded 4.6 MB

Downloading files to /var/folders/dn/v941w15111s7858wxz6xwzzh0000gn/T//RtmpBjlYTP/file78c52918a/4e/arrow/tools/thirdparty_dependencies
readlink: illegal option -- f
usage: readlink [-n] [file ...]
Fehler in create_package_with_all_dependencies("/home/max/test.tar.gz") :
  Failed to download thirdparty dependencies

Issue Links

• fixes: ARROW-16103 [R] arrow::create_package_with_all_dependencies() fails to download third party dependencies
• is cloned by: ARROW-15608 [R] create_package_with_all_dependencies() fails on Windows 10
• is duplicated by: ARROW-15608 [R] create_package_with_all_dependencies() fails on Windows 10
• relates to: ARROW-16103 [R] arrow::create_package_with_all_dependencies() fails to download third party dependencies
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #12849