[Rd] R-devel CMD build fails when vignette present

Martin Morgan mtmorgan at fhcrc.org
Mon Oct 25 13:36:10 CEST 2010


On 10/25/2010 03:21 AM, Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
> Biobase is not self-contained so I cannot easily test it, but as far as
> I know this is now resolved.

Thank you it is. Martin

> 
> On Sun, 24 Oct 2010, Martin Morgan wrote:
> 
>> If I try to build a package with a vignette
>>
>>  R CMD build Biobase
>>
>> I see
>>
>> * checking for file 'Biobase/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
>> * preparing 'Biobase':
>> * checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... OK
>> * cleaning src
>> * installing the package to re-build vignettes
>> * creating vignettes ... OK
>> * cleaning src
>> Error in setwd(pkgname) : cannot change working directory
>> Execution halted
>>
>> This is because prepare_pkg invoked at tools/R/build.R:605 changes the
>> directory (e.g., from /tmp/RtmprGGHhU/Rbuild257d6d93 to
>> /tmp/RtmprGGHhU/Rbuild257d6d93/Biobase), in turn because the on.exit at
>> build.R:223 is usurped by on.exit at build.R:256/259.
>>
>> Martin
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>>
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>>
> 


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Computational Biology
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