[R-SIG-Mac] Problem with CHECK --as-cran on Catalina

[Carl Witthoft]

Hi,
I recently upgraded to a new iMac w/ Catalina.  Something really strange 
is happening when I try to run "R CMD CHECK --as-cran  " .
If I run it on various older packages that have previously passed the 
check, all is well.

I am writing a new package, and here's the response I get:


* using log directory ‘/Users/cgw/Rgames/fitConic.Rcheck’
* using R version 4.0.0 (2020-04-24)
* using platform: x86_64-apple-darwin17.0 (64-bit)
* using session charset: UTF-8
* using option ‘--as-cran’
* checking for file ‘fitConic/DESCRIPTION’ ... OK
* this is package ‘fitConic’ version ‘1.0’
* checking CRAN incoming feasibility ...Error:  file './DESCRIPTION' 
does not exist
Execution halted


This happens whether I run R CMD CHECK  from the parent dirctory 
/Users/cgw/Rgames  or from the source directory /Users/cgw/Rgames/fitConic .

I verified I can edit the DESCRIPTION file in my previous packages & 
still pass the check.  I even took one of those old DESCRIPTION files 
and put it into the fitConic directory, and changed only the "Package: " 
line  .

I'm guessing that last error message is not telling me what actually 
went wrong, but I'm at a loss as to why this new package fails.  I've 
created a new directory and moved all my files (DESCRIPTION, NAMESPACE, 
and the R & man folders) over. No luck.

Is this a hangup somewhere in R 4.0 for OSX, or is there something else 
going on?   (do I need, for example to do something to give XQuartz more 
permissions, or some other called app? )

thanks
-- 
Carl Witthoft
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