Failure with latest Hunspell

[jeroen]

I have updated the bundled dictionaries in the hunspell package but now TeXCheckR fails it's checks. Could you help me debug what the issue is here?

devtools::install_github("ropensci/hunspell")

[HughParsonage]

TeXCheckR used XX as a placeholder for an error in a particular unit test:

See https://travis-ci.org/HughParsonage/TeXCheckR/jobs/296321822 at line 2488.

Spellcheck failed: 'XX'
✖ 2: Box XX\@.
          ^^

whereas following the package update the spell check does not fail.

[jeroen]

Hmz so the word XX was added to the dictionary? Or is there something else going on?

[HughParsonage]

Yes, added to the dictionary; nothing else going on.

As you might have seen, that build was only 20 hours ago, and it determined XX was a spelling error according to hunspell.

Frankly, my test requiring an error when XX is seen is not a very good test since it's a valid roman numeral. I just included it because it did reliably fail. If hunspell's dictionary is updated at the cost of this test, so be it. I would just change the test.

[jeroen]

OK is there any chance you can update that test to some word that will more reliably fail and submit to CRAN? I can't submit the hunspell update until this problem is resolved :(

[HughParsonage]

Yes, of course: sorry for delaying the release. I only recently updated TeXCheckR, however. CRAN might reject my package on the grounds of too frequent updates, but I'll try to explain the situation in my submission.

Do you anticipate any further updates before you lodge with CRAN?

[jeroen]

Ah well if they make a fuz I can temporary remove the word xx from the dictionary. Such a silly blocker. Don't expect further upgrades; I had already submitted but they rejected because it broke TeXCheckR.

[jeroen]

The new version of hunspell is on CRAN now. Your package will start failing soon :) So just submit a new version of TeXCheckR to CRAN and add a comment in the submission that this fixes a problem with the new hunspell pkg.

[HughParsonage]

On CRAN now.