[Rd] R 3.1.0: 'R CMD Sweave' deletes non tex files created upon batch mode exit

[Martin Maechler]

>>>>> Marc Schwartz <marc_schwartz at me.com>
>>>>>     on Sat, 19 Apr 2014 09:37:30 -0500 writes:

    > On Apr 19, 2014, at 8:05 AM, Martin Maechler
    > <maechler at stat.math.ethz.ch> wrote:

    >> 
    >>>>>>> Martin Maechler <maechler at stat.math.ethz.ch> on Thu,
    >>>>>>> 17 Apr 2014 11:22:04 +0200 writes:
    >> 
    >> [................]
    >> 
    >>> PS: I'm currently testing a patch where 'R CMD Sweave'
    >>> will revert to not deleting anything after running the R
    >>> code by default.
    >> 
    >>> Martin Maechler
    >> 
    >> Some may have noted that R-devel, since svn revsion 65401
    >> (= 2014-04-17 12:19:44 +0200) now is patched, with log
    >> message
    >> 
    >>> R CMD Sweave must not delete files by default;
    >>> buildVignette(*, keep); update (and fix/clarify)
    >>> documentation; cosmetic (& speedup in buildVignettes())
    >> 
    >> The daily (source!) snapshots of R devel now also contain
    >> it.
    >> 
    >> We plan to port the patch to 'R 3.1.0 patched' (to become
    >> 3.1.1 in the future) after the Easter holidays...  and
    >> would be glad if some volunteers could support
    >> development of R by testing this (or newer) version of
    >> R-devel.
    >> 
    >> Martin Maechler, ETH Zurich


    > Hi Martin,

    > Thanks for this.

    > I removed 3.1.0 release on my Mac and cleanly installed:

    >   R Under development (unstable) (2014-04-17 r65403) --
    > "Unsuffered Consequences"

    > from Simon's binary site. This is using the Mavericks
    > binary, albeit on Simon's site, it indicates r65407.

    > I ran the prior .Rnw file that started this thread and it
    > now works fine, as the created 'non-tex' files are
    > retained upon completion of the R CMD Sweave run.

Thank you, Marc, for the confirmation.

    > Thanks for the efforts in fixing this issue.

you are welcome, and thanked again together with everyone who
spends the little extra time for checking / using "the next
version of R" -- in general, i.e., on a regular basis.

Martin

    > Regards,
    > Marc Schwartz