Arne Henningsen wrote: > Dear Seth, > > Thank you for your message. > > On Thursday 28 September 2006 16:22, Seth Falcon wrote: >> Arne Henningsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I was really happy when I saw that in R version 2.3.0 "R CMD check" works >>> for packages whose package name is different from the directory name in >>> which it is located (see http://cran.r-project.org/src/base/NEWS). >>> Now, I can have branches of my packages in directories like >>> "[...]/branches/<version number>/", while I had to use >>> "[...]/branches/<version number>/<package name>" before. >>> "R CMD check <version number>" runs as expected but when I build the >>> package with "R CMD build <version number>", the file name of the source >>> package is "<version number>_<version number>-<patch level>.tar.gz" (and >>> not "<package name>_<version number>-<patch level>.tar.gz"). Furthermore >>> the base directory inside the .tar.gz archive is "<version number>" (and >>> not "<package name>"). >> I think that's a feature. Note that R CMD INSTALL on such a package >> does install the package under its "real" name. > > I don't think that this is a feature -- it is IMHO rather a bug. While "R CMD > check" and "R CMD INSTALL" take the real name (as expected), "R CMD build" > does not. > > However, if I don't have to change the file name and the name of the base > directory before uploading the package to CRAN, the current behaviour of > "R CMD build" is IMHO acceptable. (I did not yet get an answer on my question > regarding CRAN.) > >> It is a feature because it allows me to distinguish the tarballs from >> each other. > > You can distinguish the tarballs according their version number and patch > level (they are called "<package name>-<version number>-<patch level>.tar.gz" > >> Perhaps you can make this work for you by using a more meaningful >> description than version number in your branch name. For example: >> >> .../branches/foo-release >> .../branches/foo-devel >> .../branches/foo-someNewFeature > > In this case, the file name of the package is e.g. > "<package name>-release-<version number>-<patch level>.tar.gz" > and the base directory is e.g. > "<package name>-release". > Is this accepted on CRAN?
No. Uwe Ligges >> As another poster suggested, an SCM is the right tool for tracking >> versions. >> >> + seth > > Arne > >> ______________________________________________ >> R-devel@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
