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bug(install): element_geom() causes issues for macos w/ R 4.2 #6702

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@schloerke

When trying to install ggplot2 v4.0.0 from CRAN for rstudio/shinycoreci (hard to make a min reprex), macos w/ R4.2 states:

2025-10-16T05:15:46.1158060Z * installing *source* package ‘ggplot2’ ...
2025-10-16T05:15:46.1762700Z ** package ‘ggplot2’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
2025-10-16T05:15:46.1875950Z staged installation is only possible with locking
2025-10-16T05:15:46.1876520Z ** using non-staged installation
2025-10-16T05:15:46.1983780Z ** R
2025-10-16T05:15:46.2151380Z ** data
2025-10-16T05:15:46.2384970Z *** moving datasets to lazyload DB
2025-10-16T05:15:46.2546800Z ** inst
2025-10-16T05:15:46.2711360Z ** byte-compile and prepare package for lazy loading
2025-10-16T05:15:46.2872170Z Error : <element_geom> object properties are invalid:
2025-10-16T05:15:46.2981310Z - @ink 
2025-10-16T05:15:46.3089570Z - @paper 
2025-10-16T05:15:46.3195950Z - @accent 
2025-10-16T05:15:46.3310180Z - @colour 
2025-10-16T05:15:46.3420000Z - @fill 

I see that element_geom() is used to immediately create .default_element_geom object, but I don't see why the error is occurring. Any ideas as to why?

Related install output (full logs):

2025-10-16T05:15:33.2579110Z → Will download 13 CRAN packages (15.04 MB).
2025-10-16T05:15:33.2690950Z + crosstalk            1.2.2.9000  👷🏼‍♂️ ⬇ (416.15 kB)
2025-10-16T05:15:33.2792670Z + DT                   0.34.0.9000 👷‍♀️ ⬇ (1.71 MB)
2025-10-16T05:15:33.2894250Z + farver               2.1.2        ⬇ (1.97 MB)
2025-10-16T05:15:33.2995990Z + ggplot2              4.0.0       👷🏾 ⬇ (3.81 MB)
2025-10-16T05:15:33.3037740Z + gtable               0.3.6       👷‍♂️ ⬇ (148.15 kB)
2025-10-16T05:15:33.3045520Z + htmlwidgets  1.6.4 → 1.6.4.9000  👷🏼 ⬇ (2.92 MB)
2025-10-16T05:15:33.3126160Z + isoband              0.2.7        ⬇ (1.87 MB)
2025-10-16T05:15:33.3129130Z + labeling             0.4.3        ⬇ (61.31 kB)
2025-10-16T05:15:33.3139280Z + lazyeval             0.2.2        ⬇ (159.75 kB)
2025-10-16T05:15:33.3140960Z + RColorBrewer         1.1-3        ⬇ (52.94 kB)
2025-10-16T05:15:33.3142110Z + S7                   0.1.1        ⬇ (289.42 kB)
2025-10-16T05:15:33.3143250Z + scales               1.4.0       👷🏾‍♂️ ⬇ (328.67 kB)
2025-10-16T05:15:33.3144210Z + viridisLite          0.4.2        ⬇ (1.30 MB)
2025-10-16T05:15:33.4300630Z ℹ Getting 13 pkgs (15.04 MB)
2025-10-16T05:15:34.1472710Z ✔ Got RColorBrewer 1.1-3 (aarch64-apple-darwin20) (52.94 kB)
2025-10-16T05:15:34.5795680Z ✔ Got labeling 0.4.3 (aarch64-apple-darwin20) (61.31 kB)
2025-10-16T05:15:34.6110220Z ✔ Got lazyeval 0.2.2 (aarch64-apple-darwin20) (159.75 kB)
2025-10-16T05:15:34.6162950Z ✔ Got S7 0.1.1 (aarch64-apple-darwin20) (289.42 kB)
2025-10-16T05:15:34.6652890Z ✔ Got crosstalk 1.2.2.9000 (source) (416.15 kB)
2025-10-16T05:15:34.6943680Z ✔ Got gtable 0.3.6 (source) (148.15 kB)
2025-10-16T05:15:34.7022720Z ✔ Got scales 1.4.0 (source) (328.67 kB)
2025-10-16T05:15:34.7079270Z ✔ Got viridisLite 0.4.2 (aarch64-apple-darwin20) (1.30 MB)
2025-10-16T05:15:34.7136860Z ✔ Got isoband 0.2.7 (aarch64-apple-darwin20) (1.87 MB)
2025-10-16T05:15:34.7432650Z ✔ Got DT 0.34.0.9000 (source) (1.71 MB)
2025-10-16T05:15:34.7488470Z ✔ Got farver 2.1.2 (aarch64-apple-darwin20) (1.97 MB)
2025-10-16T05:15:34.7943300Z ✔ Got htmlwidgets 1.6.4.9000 (source) (2.92 MB)
2025-10-16T05:15:34.8013440Z ✔ Got ggplot2 4.0.0 (source) (3.81 MB)
2025-10-16T05:15:34.8186270Z ℹ Building gtable 0.3.6
2025-10-16T05:15:35.1397470Z ℹ Building htmlwidgets 1.6.4.9000
2025-10-16T05:15:35.2608380Z ✔ Installed lazyeval 0.2.2  (46ms)
2025-10-16T05:15:35.2655670Z ℹ Building crosstalk 1.2.2.9000
2025-10-16T05:15:37.0995320Z ✔ Built gtable 0.3.6 (1.9s)
2025-10-16T05:15:37.1141490Z ✔ Built htmlwidgets 1.6.4.9000 (2s)
2025-10-16T05:15:37.1649060Z ✔ Installed RColorBrewer 1.1-3  (17ms)
2025-10-16T05:15:37.2158370Z ✔ Installed S7 0.1.1  (31ms)
2025-10-16T05:15:37.2701590Z ✔ Installed farver 2.1.2  (30ms)
2025-10-16T05:15:37.3609440Z ✔ Installed isoband 0.2.7  (53ms)
2025-10-16T05:15:37.4197770Z ✔ Installed labeling 0.4.3  (29ms)
2025-10-16T05:15:37.5101790Z ✔ Installed viridisLite 0.4.2  (97ms)
2025-10-16T05:15:37.5193500Z ℹ Building scales 1.4.0
2025-10-16T05:15:37.5581420Z ✔ Built crosstalk 1.2.2.9000 (2.3s)
2025-10-16T05:15:37.5922510Z ✔ Installed gtable 0.3.6  (143ms)
2025-10-16T05:15:37.6803190Z ✔ Installed crosstalk 1.2.2.9000  (68ms)
2025-10-16T05:15:37.7565360Z ✔ Installed htmlwidgets 1.6.4.9000  (44ms)
2025-10-16T05:15:37.7669060Z ℹ Building DT 0.34.0.9000
2025-10-16T05:15:40.7920960Z ✔ Built DT 0.34.0.9000 (3s)
2025-10-16T05:15:40.9743840Z ✔ Installed DT 0.34.0.9000  (139ms)
2025-10-16T05:15:42.0769460Z ✔ Built scales 1.4.0 (4.5s)
2025-10-16T05:15:42.1612010Z ✔ Installed scales 1.4.0  (49ms)
2025-10-16T05:15:42.1714400Z ℹ Building ggplot2 4.0.0
2025-10-16T05:15:44.7569640Z ✖ Failed to build ggplot2 4.0.0 (2.5s)
2025-10-16T05:15:46.0497790Z Error : ! in callr subprocess.
2025-10-16T05:15:46.0599600Z Caused by error: 
2025-10-16T05:15:46.0702350Z ! error in pak subprocess
2025-10-16T05:15:46.0805430Z Caused by error in `stop_task_build(state, worker)`:
2025-10-16T05:15:46.0905870Z ! Failed to build source package ggplot2.
2025-10-16T05:15:46.1006970Z Full installation output:
2025-10-16T05:15:46.1158060Z * installing *source* package ‘ggplot2’ ...
2025-10-16T05:15:46.1762700Z ** package ‘ggplot2’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
2025-10-16T05:15:46.1875950Z staged installation is only possible with locking
2025-10-16T05:15:46.1876520Z ** using non-staged installation
2025-10-16T05:15:46.1983780Z ** R
2025-10-16T05:15:46.2151380Z ** data
2025-10-16T05:15:46.2384970Z *** moving datasets to lazyload DB
2025-10-16T05:15:46.2546800Z ** inst
2025-10-16T05:15:46.2711360Z ** byte-compile and prepare package for lazy loading
2025-10-16T05:15:46.2872170Z Error : <element_geom> object properties are invalid:
2025-10-16T05:15:46.2981310Z - @ink 
2025-10-16T05:15:46.3089570Z - @paper 
2025-10-16T05:15:46.3195950Z - @accent 
2025-10-16T05:15:46.3310180Z - @colour 
2025-10-16T05:15:46.3420000Z - @fill 
2025-10-16T05:15:46.3591230Z ##[error]Error: unable to load R code in package ‘ggplot2’

Ideally, r-lib/actions would install a binary that packagemanger has: https://packagemanager.posit.co/client/#/repos/cran/packages/overview?search=ggplot2&distribution=macos . But currently, r-lib/actions only installs PM binaries for windows/linux.

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