[R] rdb and rds files include abolute file paths / help understanding how lazy-load dbs are created

[Jeff Newmiller]

I think we are (I certainly am) going to need a more concrete example. As in, point us at a specific package and filename in this package that illustrates your concern. Such precision would also be expected on R-devel, so the lack of response may have been self-inflicted. 

Are you aware of the system.file and file.path functions?  File names that YOU enter into your package code should be referenced using these functions. I have been assuming so far that you were referring to filenames picked up by R as it builds the package, which appear to be handled just fine however they are stored though I don't know the details. 
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Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity.

On April 19, 2017 2:40:05 PM PDT, Philip Rinn <rinni at inventati.org> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>On 12.04.2017 at 08:09, Jeff Newmiller wrote:
>
>> Someone might respond here anyway, but I think this is more of an
>R-devel
>> question.
>
>I tired R-devel before[1] with no response :(.
>
>> Anyway, as long as the package file after installation has
>appropriate file
>> names for where it is installed, what does it matter what is in the
>files
>> before installation?
>
>That's actually the point. In the installed .rd[bs] files the absolute
>file paths
>are still present but often[2] the referenced files don't even exist on
>the
>computer the packaged is installed. My approach therefore is to replace
>those
>absolute paths by relative[3] paths. But to do so I need to understand
>where
>exactly those absolute paths are injected in the files - that's why I
>asked for
>help in my fist mail - sorry for not being clear enough.
>
>Best,
>Philip
>
>
>[1] https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-devel/2017-April/074016.html
>[2] At least on Linux for packages installed via the distribution
>packages system.
>And I think this also holds for prebuild windows/mac builds from cran.
>[3] Relative to teh root directory of the package source