[R] problem with make distribution

2010-10-25 Thread Erin Hodgess
Dear R People: I'm trying to experiment with the make distribution with R-2.12.0 when compiling from source on Windows. It works fine on Windows XP, but I'm having a snag with Windows 7. Here is the snag: cp -prf ../../../Tcl R-2.12.0 cp: preserving permissions for `R-2.12.0/Tcl/bin': Invalid

Re: [R] problem with make distribution

2010-10-25 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On Mon, 25 Oct 2010, Erin Hodgess wrote: Dear R People: I'm trying to experiment with the make distribution with R-2.12.0 when compiling from source on Windows. It works fine on Windows XP, but I'm having a snag with Windows 7. Here is the snag: cp -prf ../../../Tcl R-2.12.0 cp: preserving

Re: [R] problem with make distribution

2010-10-25 Thread Erin Hodgess
Hello again. I downloaded the R_Tcl zip file and extracted it to c:\R\R-2.12.0 I re-ran the entire process and still have the same problem with Windows 7. Thanks, Erin On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 5:10 AM, Prof Brian Ripley rip...@stats.ox.ac.uk wrote: On Mon, 25 Oct 2010, Erin Hodgess wrote:

Re: [R] problem with make distribution

2010-10-25 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On Tue, 26 Oct 2010, Erin Hodgess wrote: Hello again. I downloaded the R_Tcl zip file and extracted it to c:\R\R-2.12.0 I re-ran the entire process and still have the same problem with Windows 7. So you will need to other way I suggested, to correct permissions/ownership. Thanks, Erin