I can only find the option "--save" under install. I'm using "Rcmd build --binary pkgName" on a Windows NT platform is there anyway I can pass a similar directive?
Is there any more detailed documentation for Rcmd beyond the "Writing R Extensions" manual or should I look at the R source code? Thanks, John Marsland > -----Original Message----- > From: Prof Brian Ripley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 30 July 2003 13:00 > To: Marsland, John > Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: Re: [R] building packages using S4 methods > > > On Wed, 30 Jul 2003, Marsland, John wrote: > > > I have been building a package around a sequence of S4 > classes which I have > > coded in separate *.R files in the "./R" subdirectory of > the package. > > The package builds without error, but when I load it in R I get: > > [Incidentally, packages with R syntax errors `build without > errors': that > is not a useful test.] > > > Error in reconcilePropertiesAndPrototype(name, slots, prototype, > > superClasses) : > > Class "xxxx" extends an undefined class ("yyyyyy" > > > > I guess R is trying to source the *.R files in the wrong > order? Since both > > Or perhaps you didn't give them names in the right order? > The files are > not in fact source-d, but they are concatenated in > alphabetical order and > the concatenated file is parsed and evaluated (at load time > unless you > used --save: see below). > > `alphabetical order' is potentially locale-dependent, > although we try to > ensure that the C locale is used, I don't think this is bound > to work on > Windows. > > > classes are defined in the package and work fine at the > command prompt. > > Is it just that this has not been an issue before owing to R's lazy > > evaluation? > > Is there anything I can do about this... maybe by putting > something in the > > "./install.R"? > > How are you building the package? Are you using --save? If > not, that is > probably the solution as it is highly recommended for > packages using S4 > classes. > > -- > Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ > University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) > 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) > Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 > ********************************************************************** This is a commercial communication from Commerzbank AG.\ \ T...{{dropped}} ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
