[Rd] Package installation

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Thu, 10 Jun 2004, Liaw, Andy wrote:

> > From: Toralf Kirsten
> > 
> > Hi Uwe,
> > thanks for your fast response.
> > 
> > The content of the file izbi/R/First.lib.R of the source 
> > package is as 
> > follows:
> > *************
> > .First.lib <- function(libname, pkgname) {
> >    library.dynam("izbi", package = pkgname, lib.loc = libname)
> >    data(COLS, package=izbi)
> >    data(ROWS, package=izbi)
> > }
> > *************
> > 
> > The check command also fails (see below).
> > Any hints?
> 
> Starting in R-1.9.0, I believe, you need to quote the package name in
> data().

Yes if it a string and not a variable, and since the package might get
renamed, I think you really want

.First.lib <- function(libname, pkgname) {
   library.dynam("izbi", package = pkgname, lib.loc = libname)
   data(COLS, package=pkgname)
   data(ROWS, package=pkgname)
}

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