[R] Creating packages in windoze: *** [indices] Error 1

[Prof Brian Ripley]

My guess is that the syntax error is in a data file.  Please read

http://developer.r-project.org/200update.txt

and check that you can actually load all your data files (something that
was unchecked before).

On Wed, 22 Dec 2004, Niels Waller wrote:

> I am running R 2.0.1 on a Windoze XP OS.  I recently upgraded from R 1.9x to
> 2.0.1 and I am currently
> upgrading a my personal function packages. My other packages compiled
> without
> a hitch but I am having a difficult time with my largest package.
> Can someone please help me with the following error message
> "Error in parse(file, n, text, prompt) : syntax error on line 1)"
>
> I have searched the "Creating R packages"
> manual but have been unable to determine how to solve my problem.
>
> Thank you in advance for any and all help.
>
> Niels Waller
> Vanderbilt University
>
>
> H:\R\rw2001\src\gnuwin32>rcmd build --binary --use-zip taxon

Please try INSTALLing first, as `Writing R Extensions' suggests.

> * checking for file 'taxon/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
> installing R.css in h:/TEMP/Rbuild.1020
>
>
> ---------- Making package taxon ------------
>  adding build stamp to DESCRIPTION
>  installing R files
>  installing inst files
>  installing data files
>  installing man source files
>  installing indices
> Error in parse(file, n, text, prompt) : syntax error on line 1
> Execution halted
> make[2]: *** [indices] Error 1
> make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
> make: *** [pkg-taxon] Error 2
> *** Installation of taxon failed ***

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