getting better logs

Author: jameslamb

.ci/test_r_package_windows.ps1

@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ Write-Output "Installing dependencies"
 $packages = "c('data.table', 'jsonlite', 'Matrix', 'processx', 'R6', 'testthat'), dependencies = c('Imports', 'Depends', 'LinkingTo')"
 Rscript --vanilla -e "options(install.packages.check.source = 'no'); install.packages($packages, repos = '$env:CRAN_MIRROR', type = 'binary', lib = '$env:R_LIB_PATH')" ; Check-Output $?
 
+Rscript build_r.R
+Check-Output $false
+
 Write-Output "Building R package"
 
 # R CMD check is not used for MSVC builds

R-package/inst/make-r-def.R

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ IN_DLL_FILE <- args[[1L]]
 OUT_DEF_FILE <- args[[2L]]
 DLL_BASE_NAME <- basename(IN_DLL_FILE)
 
-print(sprintf("Creating '%s' from '%s'", OUT_DEF_FILE, IN_DLL_FILE))
+message(sprintf("Creating '%s' from '%s'", OUT_DEF_FILE, IN_DLL_FILE))
 
 # use objdump to dump all the symbols
 OBJDUMP_FILE <- "objdump-out.txt"
@@ -58,3 +58,4 @@ writeLines(
     , con = OUT_DEF_FILE
     , sep = "\n"
 )
+message(sprintf("Successfully created '%s'", OUT_DEF_FILE))

R-package/src/install.libs.R

@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ if (!use_precompile) {
       # Must build twice for Windows due sh.exe in Rtools
       cmake_args <- c(cmake_args, "-G", shQuote("MinGW Makefiles"))
       .run_shell_command("cmake", c(cmake_args, ".."), strict = FALSE)
-      build_cmd <- "make.exe"
+      build_cmd <- "make"
       build_args <- "_lightgbm"
     } else {
       visual_studio_succeeded <- .generate_vs_makefiles(cmake_args)
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ if (!use_precompile) {
         # Must build twice for Windows due sh.exe in Rtools
         cmake_args <- c(cmake_args, "-G", shQuote("MinGW Makefiles"))
         .run_shell_command("cmake", c(cmake_args, ".."), strict = FALSE)
-        build_cmd <- "make.exe"
+        build_cmd <- "make"
         build_args <- "_lightgbm"
       } else {
         build_cmd <- "cmake"