On Jul 7, 2011, at 3:39 AM, Eli Holmes wrote: > Hi, > > I have been building R packages for awhile on Windows, and I recently > upgraded R and all required package creation tools to 2.13.0. I > understand that there have been changes in that the R CMD build > command no longer alters the source directory, cf comments in > http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/e13/help/11/04/10379.html > For example, if I issue the command Rcmd build FOO, then directory FOO > is not altered in contrast to earlier R versions where vignette pdfs > would be added to the source directory FOO. > > I have no problem creating the FOO.tar.gz file, and it has the > vignette pdfs in the inst/doc as usual. The problem is the .zip file > that I create for Windows users. In earlier versions of R, this .zip > file had the newly created vignette pdfs but now it does not. Here is > what I see: > > source FOO: > inst/doc > foo.Rnw > > FOO.tar.gz (after Rcmd build FOO) > inst/doc > foo.pdf > foo.Rnw > > FOO.zip (after Rcmd build --binary FOO or R CMD install --build FOO) > inst/doc > foo.Rnw >
It sort of defeats the purpose to create a tar ball and then not use it ;) > Yes, I can manually move the pdf files from the tar.gz directory to > the zip directory, but there are many and I am liable to make > mistakes. > > I suppose I could unzip the tar.gz file and then make a temporary > source file FOOtmp and run Rcmd build --binary FOOtmp, but I am hoping > there is an easier way. > > Things I have tried unsuccessful > I tried using the tar.gz file as the source That is indeed the usual way. > Rcmd build --binary FOO.tar.gz (got error) > R CMD install --build FOO.tar.gz (same error) Can you be more specific as of what errors you get? It may point to issues in the your package. Also the command is R CMD INSTALL not install. Cheers, Simon > > I tried using some of the options for R CMD install: > --force-multiarch and --merge-multiarch. No change. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks! > > ______________________________________________ > 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
