[Rd] Re: [R] problem with rcmd build R-devel

[Prof Brian Ripley]

`R-devel' is said to be Under development (unstable), so please don't 
report problems to R-help.  (There is an R-devel list to which I have 
diverted this).

The problem is a problem in trying to cope with TMPDIR with spaces in,
now fixed, I hope (since it depended on the exact toolset in use).

On Tue, 20 Jan 2004, James MacDonald wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> I am having a problem with Rcmd build using R-devel on WinXP. If I try
> to build a package using the --binary flag, I get the following error:
> 
> Error: cannot change to directory ' 'c:/TEMP/Rbuild.XXXX'  '
> 
> Where XXXX is some number. I can get Rcmd build to work using R-1.7.1
> and R-1.8.0, so I don't think it is a permission problem. I looked at
> the build file, and the relevant portion appears to be the same in all
> versions:

Notice that is *not* the same error message, and it is not relevant.

The clue is the set of quotes around the directory name.  Had you copied 
an actual example such as

Error: cannot change to directory `'c:/TEMP/Rbuild.3796''

I would have got there a lot sooner.  As the FAQ asks, please report what 
actually happened, not hypotheses.

>  if($opt_binary) {
> 	my $libdir = "${R::Vars::TMPDIR}/Rbuild.$$";
> 	mkdir("$libdir", 0755)
> 	    or die "Cannot create directory '$libdir'\n";

> If I do Rcmd install --build, I get a built .zip file, but it appears
> that the temp directory is never used.

It is INSTALL not install!

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