rextendr::document failes if rextendr is not installed (but loaded by devtools::load_all)

[eitsupi]

I have encountered this many times during my development work and it always seems to fail in the following place.

rextendr/R/register_extendr.R

Lines 90 to 107 in 1a43843

	tryCatch(
	# Call the wrapper generation in a separate R process to avoid the problem
	# of loading and unloading the same name of a DLL (c.f. #64).
	make_wrappers_externally(
	module_name = as_valid_rust_name(pkg_name),
	package_name = pkg_name,
	outfile = outfile,
	path = path,
	use_symbols = TRUE,
	quiet = quiet
	),
	error = function(e) {
	cli::cli_abort(
	c("Failed to generate wrapper functions.", x = e[["message"]]),
	class = "rextendr_error"
	)
	}
	)

It seems that make_wrappers_externally is not working, but I have not been able to determine the cause.

[JosiahParry]

Do you have a reprex? Would this bug only affect folks who are developing rextendr? Normal folks who would install.packages() would not be affected, right?

[eitsupi]

Do you have a reprex? Would this bug only affect folks who are developing rextendr? Normal folks who would install.packages() would not be affected, right?

Yes, it always reproduces in my environment when I run devtools::test() after running devtools::load_all() on Ubuntu.