If it is looking for ./DESCRIPTION, perhaps it matters which directory you invoke it from?
-pd > On 27 Sep 2017, at 04:27 , Kasper Daniel Hansen > <kasperdanielhan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > When I include the macros \packageAuthor, \packageDescription, > \packageTitle, \packageMaintainer in a XX-package.Rd file, R CMD Rd2pdf > fails with > > $ R CMD Rd2pdf mpra > Hmm ... looks like a package > Converting Rd files to LaTeX Error : mpra/man/mpra-package.Rd:6: file > './DESCRIPTION' does not exist > > This does not happen if I comment out 4 occurrences of these 4 macros in > mpra-package.Rd. > > This is with > > R Under development (unstable) (2017-09-26 r73351) -- "Unsuffered > Consequences" > Copyright (C) 2017 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing > Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin16.7.0 (64-bit) > > or > > R version 3.4.2 RC (2017-09-26 r73351) -- "Short Summer" > Copyright (C) 2017 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing > Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin16.7.0 (64-bit) > > and MacTex 2017. > > Best, > Kasper > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel -- Peter Dalgaard, Professor, Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark Phone: (+45)38153501 Office: A 4.23 Email: pd....@cbs.dk Priv: pda...@gmail.com ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel