Dear R-devel On my Windows 2000 machine, I can build R-patched but not R-devel (since at least 1/9/2004). An error message pops up during the execution of some R code during "make", as below. In terms of "make" etc., I am totally clueless (not being a user of either Linux or C) and just mechanically follow the instructions in the R documentation; hence I've got no idea what to do when things snarf.
More information below. Any advice appreciated-- I'm trying to test a patch for R2.0.0. Mark Background factoids: 1. The tools.zip file that I use is dated 9/5/2003. 2. I did expunge the R-devel directory before unzipping the .tar.gz and building. 3. I made my usual 2 changes to default MkRules (WINHELP=NO and TCL_HOME=C:/R/Tcl). 4. I don't have the Latex "bin" directory in the search path, contrary to src/gnuwin32/INSTALL-- but this hasn't been a problem in the past. With R-patched (and all the previous R versions I've built), I do get some errors/warnings about pdflatex not found but the build continues and the .exe files get created just fine. Here's what happens leading up to the error: C:\R\R-devel\src\gnuwin32> make << no worrying messages>> making bootstrap versions of packages ... -- base -- tools making DLL ... << no worrying messages >> ... DLL made installing DLL ... done cp ../../doc/html/R.css ../../library/R.css writing help indices for package: base tools utils grDevices graphics stats datasets methods grid sp lines stats4 tcltk ---------- Making package base ------------ adding build stamp to DESCRIPTION Error in get(x, envir, mode, inherits) : variable ".install_package_description" was not found Execution halted make[4]: *** [frontmatter] Error 1 make[3]: *** [all] Error 2 make[2]: *** [pkg-base] Error 2 make[1]: *** [rpackage] Error 2 make: *** [all] Error 2 ******************************* Mark Bravington CSIRO (CMIS) PO Box 1538 Castray Esplanade Hobart TAS 7001 phone (61) 3 6232 5118 fax (61) 3 6232 5012 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
