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GNU Fortran (GCC) 14.2.0
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* current time: 2026-02-13 01:59:26 UTC
- checking for file ‘metapost/DESCRIPTION’ ... OK
- checking extension type ... Package
- this is package ‘metapost’ version ‘1.0-6’
- checking package namespace information ... OK
- checking package dependencies ... OK
- checking if this is a source package ... OK
- checking if there is a namespace ... OK
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- checking whether package ‘metapost’ can be installed ... [1s/1s] OK
See the install log for details.
- checking installed package size ... OK
- checking package directory ... OK
- checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... OK
- checking top-level files ... OK
- checking for left-over files ... OK
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- checking for unstated dependencies in examples ... OK
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- checking for unstated dependencies in ‘tests’ ... OK
- checking tests ... [0s/1s] ERROR
Running ‘mpost.R’ [0s/1s]
Running the tests in ‘tests/mpost.R’ failed.
Complete output:
>
> library(metapost)
Attaching package: 'metapost'
The following object is masked from 'package:stats':
cycle
The following object is masked from 'package:base':
dir
> library(grid)
> p <- knot(0, 0) + dir(45) + dir(0:9*-10) + knot(unit(6, "cm"), 0)
> metapost(p, "fig.mp")
> mpost("fig.mp", tracing=TRUE)
This is MetaPost, version 2.11 (TeX Live 2025) (kpathsea version 6.4.1)
(/opt/TinyTeX/texmf-dist/metapost/base/mpost.mp (/opt/TinyTeX/texmf-dist/metapost/base/plain.mp
Preloading the plain mem file, version 1.005) ) (./fig.mp [1] )
(see the transcript file for additional information)
1 output file written: fig.1
Transcript written on fig.log.
>
> controls <- mptrace("fig.log")
Read 8 items
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>
> library(grImport)
Loading required package: XML
> PostScriptTrace("fig.1")
sh: gs: command not found
Error in PostScriptTrace("fig.1") : sorry, 'gs' cannot be found
In addition: Warning message:
In system(paste(shQuote(gsexe), "-help > /dev/null")) :
error in running command
Execution halted
- checking PDF version of manual ... [2s/2s] OK
- DONE
Status: 1 ERROR
- using check arguments '--no-clean-on-error '