Dear list members, I've encountered the following problem trying to build a package under Windows Vista (SP1). The problem occurs with both R 2.6.2 and R 2.7.0 RC (from which this output was produced). The package builds just fine on my XP (SP2) machine. Please see some further comments below.
---------- snip ------------- Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6001] Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. d:\R-packages>R CMD build tradeCosts * checking for file 'tradeCosts/DESCRIPTION' ... OK * preparing 'tradeCosts': * checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... OK * installing the package to re-build vignettes installing R.css in C:/Users/JOHNFO~1/AppData/Local/Temp/Rinst602447586 ---------- Making package tradeCosts ------------ adding build stamp to DESCRIPTION installing NAMESPACE file and metadata Error in file(file, "r") : unable to open connection Calls: <Anonymous> -> parseNamespaceFile -> parse -> file In addition: Warning message: In file(file, "r") : cannot open file 'C:/Users/JOHNFO~1/AppData/Local/Temp/Rinst602447586/tradeCos ts/NAMESPACE', reason 'Permission denied' Execution halted make[2]: *** [nmspace] Error 1 make[1]: *** [all] Error 2 make: *** [pkg-tradeCosts] Error 2 *** Installation of tradeCosts failed *** Removing 'C:/Users/JOHNFO~1/AppData/Local/Temp/Rinst602447586/tradeCosts' * creating vignettes ... OK * removing junk files * checking for LF line-endings in source and make files * checking for empty or unneeded directories * building 'tradeCosts_0.3-0.tar.gz' d:\R-packages> ---------- snip ------------- I believe that the error is related to the vignette in the package, since I can build packages without a vignette. Clearly there is a file-permission problem but: (1) I'm using an account with administrator privileges; (2) R is installed into c:\R (and the problem persists even when I install R into d:\R); (3) the problem persists when I run the command window and R itself as administrator, and when I turn off account controls; (4) the problems persists when I reset the environment variables temp and tmp to d:\temp and set the permissions to d:\temp so that all groups and users have full control over that directory. I'm tempted to dump Vista but I've been trying to persist with it since most people (e.g., my students) buying new Windows machines will be getting it. Although I've read section 2.24 of the R for Windows FAQ, it's quite possible that I've missed something of relevance there. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance, John -------------------------------- John Fox, Professor Department of Sociology McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4M4 905-525-9140x23604 http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel