[R] problem with "make distribution"

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Tue, 26 Oct 2010, Erin Hodgess wrote:

> Hello again.
>
> I downloaded the R_Tcl zip file and extracted it to c:\R\R-2.12.0
>
> I re-ran the entire process and still have the same problem with Windows 7.

So you will need to other way I suggested, to correct 
permissions/ownership.

>
> Thanks,
> Erin
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 5:10 AM, Prof Brian Ripley
> <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
>> On Mon, 25 Oct 2010, Erin Hodgess wrote:
>>
>>> Dear R People:
>>>
>>> I'm trying to experiment with the "make distribution"  with R-2.12.0
>>> when compiling from source on Windows.  It works fine on Windows XP,
>>> but I'm having a snag with Windows 7.
>>>
>>> Here is the snag:
>>>
>>> cp -prf "../../../Tcl" R-2.12.0
>>> cp: preserving permissions for `R-2.12.0/Tcl/bin': Invalid argument
>>> cp: preserving permissions for `R-2.12.0/Tcl/doc': Invalid argument
>>>
>>> and so on.
>>>
>>> Has anyone run into this, please?
>>
>> Yes.  This is an issue with how you unpacked the Tcl directory. Without
>> knowing how you did that, you will need either to
>>
>> - Use Windows Explorer to correct the ownership/permissions of Tcl and those
>> subdirectories -- sometimes simply renaming it and making a copy called
>> 'Tcl' is the easiest way forward.
>> - Remove it and unpack it some other way, e.g. via the zip file available at
>> http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/Rtools/
>>
>> Cygwin and Windows 7/Vista do sometimes fight over permissions (and this is
>> using cp from Cygwin): I've seen this more often with the Cygwin update in
>> the current Rtools212 than in earlier versions.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for any help.
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>> Erin
>>>
>>> --
>>> Erin Hodgess
>>> Associate Professor
>>> Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences
>>> University of Houston - Downtown
>>> mailto: erinm.hodgess at gmail.com
>>>
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>>
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>> Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
>> Professor of Applied Statistics,  http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/
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>
>
>
> -- 
> Erin Hodgess
> Associate Professor
> Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences
> University of Houston - Downtown
> mailto: erinm.hodgess at gmail.com
>

-- 
Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
Professor of Applied Statistics,  http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/
University of Oxford,             Tel:  +44 1865 272861 (self)
1 South Parks Road,                     +44 1865 272866 (PA)
Oxford OX1 3TG, UK                Fax:  +44 1865 272595