[Rd] Hidden files problem in R CMD check

[cstrato]

Dear Dirk,

Yes, I know, however forget for one moment R.

If I use tar independent of R it still should not create these hidden 
files.

BTW, do you know where these hidden files are stored on the Mac?

Best regards,
Christian


On 09/26/15 23:01, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
>
> On 26 September 2015 at 22:41, cstrato wrote:
> | Dear Simon,
> |
> | Thank you very much for your help, it did solve my problems!! Great!
> |
> | I have googled COPYFILE_DISABLE and found the following site which does
> | explain the issue with tar on Mac OS X, see:
> | http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/9665/create-tar-archive-of-a-directory-except-for-hidden-files
> |
> | Instead of doing:
> | $tar czf xps_1.29.2.tar.gz xps
> |
> | I did now:
> | $COPYFILE_DISABLE=1 tar czf xps_1.29.2.tar.gz xps
> |
> | Running:
> | $R CMD check xps_1.29.2.tar.gz
> | now leaves only '.BBSoptions' as hidden file.
>
> No, still wrong. As Simon said, we all are supposed to use 'R CMD build xps'
> to create the tarball.  "Back in the day ..." straight tar cfz ... worked, it
> more or less stopped _many_ years ago.  Cf TheOneManualThatMatters:
>
>     1.3.1 Checking packages
>     -----------------------
>
>     Using 'R CMD check', the R package checker, one can test whether
>     _source_ R packages work correctly.  It can be run on one or more
>     directories, or compressed package 'tar' archives with extension
>     '.tar.gz', '.tgz', '.tar.bz2' or '.tar.xz'.
>
>        It is strongly recommended that the final checks are run on a 'tar'
>     archive prepared by 'R CMD build'.
>
> Ie "It is strongly recommended ... 'tar' archive prepared by 'R CMD build'.
>
> Dirk
>