[Rd] make check-all does not find DESCRIPTION for VR packages
Prof Brian Ripley
ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
Sat Apr 3 09:21:39 CEST 2004
It only happens with --install=skip, as a standard install does create
DESCRIPTION files in the sources of the packages of a bundle. And
check-Packages-Recommended does use --install=skip ...
Fix committed.
On Sat, 3 Apr 2004, Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
> Yes, I've seen this (and when checking dse). It does not happen with R
> CMD check VR (or dse) and is a recent change. It is being a bit elusive
> ....
>
> On Fri, 2 Apr 2004, Liaw, Andy wrote:
>
> > When running make check-all on R-1.9.0beta (2004-03-31) built with
> > pgf77/gcc/g++ on the Opteron (running SLES8), I get four warnings about not
> > finding the DESCRIPTION files for the packages in the VR bundle; e.g.,
> >
> > cannot open file `/u1/scratch/R-1.9.0/tests/Packages/VR/spatial/DESCRIPTION'
> >
> > Error in tools:::.checkPackageDepends(dir =
> > "/u1/scratch/R-1.9.0/tests/Packages/VR/spatial") :
> > package directory '/u1/scratch/R-1.9.0/tests/Packages/VR/spatial'
> > has no valid DESCRIPTION file
> > Execution halted
> > See the information on DESCRIPTION files in section 'Creating R packages'
> > of the 'Writing R Extensions' manual.
> >
> > Has anyone seen the same, or is it just me?
> >
> > [With tar ztvf src/library/Recommended/VR.tgz, I do see DESCRIPTION.in in
> > the packages, but no DESCRIPTION.]
>
> And that is correct.
>
>
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