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.s...@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.s...@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 > -- Kevin Wright ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.