[R] Including .exe files in an R package

2012-02-13 Thread sahir bhatnagar
I am in the process of creating a package in R which calls pre-compiled C code i.e. '.exe' files In reading the manual, I came across this: A source package if possible should not contain binary executable files: they are not portable, and a security risk if they are of the appropriate

Re: [R] Including .exe files in an R package

2012-02-13 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On 13/02/2012 17:15, sahir bhatnagar wrote: I am in the process of creating a package in R which calls pre-compiled C code i.e. '.exe' files Which are only used on Windows, so presumably you forgot to mention that OS. In reading the manual, I came across this: A source package if possible