[Rd] problem with building package in R 2.6.0

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Fri, 5 Oct 2007, G.J.A.Fox at gw.utwente.nl wrote:

> Hello,
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> I can nolonger build R packages in R 2.6.0 (win xp). I get the error
> message 'sh' is not recognized as an internal
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> or external command. In earlier versions of R I had no problems. Maybe
> that someone can help me with this.

You can: read the R-admin manual and make sure you have the correct tools 
installed _and in your path_.



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> Jean-Paul Fox.
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> C:\PROGRA~1\R\R-2.6.0\bin>Rcmd build --force --binary C:\Temp\R260\mlirt
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> * checking for file 'C:\Temp\R260\mlirt/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
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> * preparing 'C:\Temp\R260\mlirt':
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> * checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ...'sh' is not recognized as an
> internal
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> or external command,
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> operable program or batch file.
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> 'sh' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
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> operable program or batch file.
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> OK
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> * removing junk files
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> 'sh' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
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> operable program or batch file.
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> 'sh' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
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> operable program or batch file.
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> 'sh' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
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> operable program or batch file.
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> Error: cannot open file 'mlirt/DESCRIPTION' for reading
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