-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 06/02/2011 09:12 AM, Duncan Murdoch wrote: > On 11-06-02 9:06 AM, Ben Bolker wrote: >> On 06/02/2011 06:47 AM, Benilton Carvalho wrote: >>> 'R CMD check' should be applied on the .tar.gz, not on the source >>> directory. >> >> Why? > > Because that is what you will send to others. The reason to check a > directory instead of a tar file is to save time: you don't need to > recompile all the files, as a normal check does. > > The help says: "Check R packages from package sources, which can >> be directories or package 'tar' archives with extension '.tar.gz', >> '.tar.bz2' or '.tgz'." I just skimmed through the relevant section >> (1.3.1) in the R Extensions manual, and it doesn't say anything about >> running on tarballs being preferred. >> >> Add my vote to the wishlist that the src directory should get cleaned >> after R CMD check. > > Then the advantage of checking a directory would be lost. > > Duncan Murdoch
OK, that makes sense. The logic was not clear to me. Do you know offhand if R CMD check uses "make"-like logic to determine whether the sources should be recompiled even if there are existing .o/.so files, or is that up to the user ... ? Ben > >> >> Ben Bolker >> >>> >>> So, it'd be something like: >>> >>> R CMD build pkg >>> R CMD check pkg_version.tar.gz >>> >>> b >> >> >> >>> >>> On 2 June 2011 06:54, Marius Hofert<m_hof...@web.de> wrote: >>>> Dear expeRts, >>>> >>>> I work on the R package "nacopula" >>>> (https://r-forge.r-project.org/projects/nacopula/) under Mac OS X >>>> 10.6.7 (MacBook Pro). The session info is: >>>> R version 2.14.0 Under development (unstable) (2011-05-02 r55730) >>>> Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin9.8.0/x86_64 (64-bit) >>>> >>>> When I apply "R CMD check nacopula" my source directory is filled >>>> with .o files (which leads to >>>> a warning for the next check). Further, if I use R 2.14.0, the check >>>> produces a file "nacopula-Ex.R" >>>> on the top level, i.e., where folders like R, src, tests, man, inst, >>>> and demo reside. >>>> Shouldn't the source directory stay nice-and-clean, without being >>>> filled with .o >>>> files and example files? >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Marius >>>> >>>> Attachment: screen shot >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> R-SIG-Mac mailing list >>>> r-sig-...@r-project.org >>>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-devel@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk3nmqcACgkQc5UpGjwzenOP7wCeJ/qoUed60giuBeBrJm3jiHhm DRUAoIXl8cZE9f3TMpJ909puSgSgE8ZJ =9zaZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
