On Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 10:00:13AM +0200, Antoine Jacoutot wrote: > > - Add "@comment no checksum" in pkg/PLIST for lib/R/etc/Makeconf and > > lib/R/etc/ldpaths as they are modified by "R CMD javareconf" (which we > > describe in pkg/README); otherwise pkg_delete fails/complains. > > Doesn't this mean they'll get overwritten at each pkg update?
Yes. I think this is fine as these lib/R/etc/* files are generated by configure and are not typical configuration files to be edited by the user (at least this is my impression). Moreover I am not confident that these files could be directly used whenever there is an R update (what I would expect from normal configuration files). The only reason to bother is if someone wants Java support. They need to ensure that they run R CMD javareconf when needed (which might mean after each pkg update). Manual configuration should go IMHO into ~/.R/Makevars (as outlined in pkg/README). > Wouldn't it make more sense to make them @sample instead? If my above argument makes sense, then no. Best regards, Ingo
