[R] [R-pkgs] R CMD check on window XP

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Mon, 15 Dec 2008, Shu Chen wrote:

> Hi, there,
>
> I used R CMD check  to build my "ATGGS" package under window XP system. My R version is 2.7.2. But I encounter some problems. The log file is like:
> **********************************************************************************
> installing R.css in C:/ATGGS.Rcheck
>
>
> ---------- Making package ATGGS ------------
>  adding build stamp to DESCRIPTION
>  installing R files
>  installing inst files
> find: `C:/ATGGS.Rcheck/ATGGS/csvscripts': Permission denied
> make[2]: *** [C:/ATGGS.Rcheck/ATGGS/inst] Error 1
> make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
> make: *** [pkg-ATGGS] Error 2
> Can't read C:/ATGGS.Rcheck/ATGGS/auxData: Invalid argument at c:\R\R-27~1.2/bin/INSTALL line 434
> Can't remove directory C:/ATGGS.Rcheck/ATGGS/auxData: Directory not empty at c:\R\R-27~1.2/bin/INSTALL line 434
> Can't read C:/ATGGS.Rcheck/ATGGS/csvData: Invalid argument at c:\R\R-27~1.2/bin/INSTALL line 434
> Can't remove directory C:/ATGGS.Rcheck/ATGGS/csvData: Directory not empty at c:\R\R-27~1.2/bin/INSTALL line 434
> Can't read C:/ATGGS.Rcheck/ATGGS/csvscripts: Invalid argument at c:\R\R-27~1.2/bin/INSTALL line 434
> Can't remove directory C:/ATGGS.Rcheck/ATGGS/csvscripts: Directory not empty at c:\R\R-27~1.2/bin/INSTALL line 434
> Can't read C:/ATGGS.Rcheck/ATGGS/doc: Invalid argument at c:\R\R-27~1.2/bin/INSTALL line 434
> Can't remove directory C:/ATGGS.Rcheck/ATGGS: Directory not empty at c:\R\R-27~1.2/bin/INSTALL line 434
> *** Installation of ATGGS failed ***
>
> Removing 'C:/ATGGS.Rcheck/ATGGS'
>
> ****************************************************************************************
>
> I am not able to delete c:/ATGGS.Rcheck until I change the permission of 
> the folder. I'm the admin of C driver. I have full control of all other 
> folders under C driver.


Please sort out the permissions in your source directory, including under 
ATGGS/inst.  Something there has incorrect permissions that are confusing 
the Cygwin tools used.  (It might be worth checking ownership too: I've 
seen similar problems on a drive shared between XP and Vista where they 
disagreed about ownership.)

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