[ci] manually create symlinks to R entrypoints on macOS (fixes #4988)

microsoft · Jan 30, 2022 · e812787 · e812787
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diff --git a/.ci/test_r_package.sh b/.ci/test_r_package.sh
@@ -81,6 +81,17 @@ if [[ $OS_NAME == "macos" ]]; then
         -pkg $(pwd)/R.pkg \
         -target /
 
+    # Older R versions (<= 4.1.1) on newer macOS (>= 11.0.0) cannot create the necessary symlinks.
+    # See https://github.com/r-lib/actions/issues/412.
+    sudo ln \
+        -sf \
+        /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/bin/R \
+        /usr/local/bin/R
+    sudo ln \
+        -sf \
+        /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/bin/Rscript \
+        /usr/local/bin/Rscript
+
     # Fix "duplicate libomp versions" issue on Mac
     # by replacing the R libomp.dylib with a symlink to the one installed with brew
     if [[ $COMPILER == "clang" ]]; then