[R] Where is a package NEWS.Rd located?

[Kevin Wright]

Yes, exactly.  But the problem is with NEWS.Rd, not NEWS.

pkg/inst/NEWS.Rd is moved to pkg/NEWS.Rd at build time, but for
installed packages, "news" tried to load "pkg/inst/NEWS.Rd".

I'm going to file a bug report.

Kevin


On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 7:29 AM, Kevin Wright <kw.stat at gmail.com> wrote:
> If you look at tools:::.build_news_db, the plain text NEWS file is
> searched for in pkg/NEWS and pkg/inst/NEWS, but NEWS.Rd in only
> searched for in pkg/inst/NEWS.Rd.
>
> Looks like a bug to me.
>
> I *think*.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kevin
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 7:09 AM, Kevin Wright <kw.stat at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hopefully a quick question.  My package has a NEWS.Rd file that is not
>> being found by "news".
>>
>> The "news" function calls "tools:::.build_news_db" which has this line:
>>
>> nfile <- file.path(dir, "inst", "NEWS.Rd")
>>
>> So it appears that the "news" function is searching for
>> "mypackage/inst/NEWS.Rd".
>>
>> However, "Writing R extensions" says "The contents of the inst
>> subdirectory will be copied recursively to the installation directory"
>>
>> During the installation, mypackage/inst/NEWS.Rd is copied into the
>> "mypackage" directory, not "mypackage/inst".
>>
>> What am I doing wrong, or is this a bug?
>>
>> Kevin Wright
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Kevin Wright
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Kevin Wright
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Kevin Wright