Thanks for your prompt answer Mr. Ripley. It appears the version of tar I'm using is exactly the same as the one included in the latest Rtools. I noticed that the Rtools/bin directory was not first in path, so I corrected this. However, I'm still not able to create a tar.gz file with the R CMD build command. Then my question would be the following. If I submit my package to CRAN do you know if it needs to be tar.gz or will a tar file be accepted?
Thanks again Ian ****************************************************************************************************************************** IAN SCHILLER, M.Sc. Statistical research assistant, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University Health Center Assistant de recherche en statistiques, Département d'Épidémiologie Clinique, Centre Universitaire de Santé Mcgill Tel: 514 934 1934 ext. 36925 Email: ian.schil...@clinepi.mcgill.ca -----Original Message----- From: Duncan Murdoch [mailto:murdoch.dun...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 10:57 AM To: Ian Schiller Cc: r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] R CMD build creates tar file instead of tar.gz file On 24/03/2011 10:36 AM, Ian Schiller wrote: > Dear all, > > I'm trying to create my own package by following for instance > http://epub.ub.uni-muenchen.de/6175/2/tr036.pdf In step 6 (page 19) it says > that the command 'R CMD build<mypackage>' should result in a tar.gz file. > However, after running the command I end up with a tar file only (no gz > extension). I also get the following warnings in the command prompt > > C:\Program Files\R\R-2.12.2\src>R CMD build HSROC > * checking for file 'HSROC/DESCRIPTION' ... OK > * preparing 'HSROC': > * checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... OK > cygwin warning: > MS-DOS style path detected: C:/Program Files/R/R-2.12.2/src/HSROC_1.0.0.tar > Preferred POSIX equivalent is: /cygdrive/c/Program > Files/R/R-2.12.2/src/HSROC_ > 1.0.0.tar > CYGWIN environment variable option "nodosfilewarning" turns off this > warning. I think that might mean you are running the wrong version of tar. Did you put the Rtools/bin directory first in your path? What does tar --version give? The current Rtools version says tar (GNU tar) 1.21 Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Written by John Gilmore and Jay Fenlason. but Cygwin is distributing a newer one. I do see some oddities with build in 2.12.2 in Windows 7: on my first attempt, I got all sorts of errors, e.g. * checking for file 'ellipse/DESCRIPTION' ... OK * preparing 'ellipse': * checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... OK /cygdrive/c/Rtools/bin/tar: ellipse/.svn/prop-base: file changed as we read it /cygdrive/c/Rtools/bin/tar: ellipse/.svn/text-base: file changed as we read it /cygdrive/c/Rtools/bin/tar: ellipse/.svn/tmp: file changed as we read it /cygdrive/c/Rtools/bin/tar: ellipse/.svn: file changed as we read it /cygdrive/c/Rtools/bin/tar: ellipse/chm: file changed as we read it ... but on the second attempt it was fine. This may be an interaction with a virus checker; that's often a problem on Windows. Duncan Murdoch > Consult the user's guide for more details about POSIX paths: > http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#using-pathnames > cygwin warning: > MS-DOS style path detected: C:/Program Files/R/R-2.12.2/src/HSROC_1.0.0.tar > Preferred POSIX equivalent is: /cygdrive/c/Program > Files/R/R-2.12.2/src/HSROC_ > 1.0.0.tar > CYGWIN environment variable option "nodosfilewarning" turns off this > warning. > Consult the user's guide for more details about POSIX paths: > http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#using-pathnames > * checking for LF line-endings in source and make files > * checking for empty or unneeded directories > * building 'HSROC_1.0.0.tar.gz' > cygwin warning: > MS-DOS style path detected: C:/Program Files/R/R-2.12.2/src/HSROC_1.0.0.tar > Preferred POSIX equivalent is: /cygdrive/c/Program > Files/R/R-2.12.2/src/HSROC_ > 1.0.0.tar > CYGWIN environment variable option "nodosfilewarning" turns off this > warning. > Consult the user's guide for more details about POSIX paths: > http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#using-pathnames > cygwin warning: > MS-DOS style path detected: C:/Program Files/R/R-2.12.2/src/HSROC_1.0.0.tar > Preferred POSIX equivalent is: /cygdrive/c/Program > Files/R/R-2.12.2/src/HSROC_ > 1.0.0.tar > CYGWIN environment variable option "nodosfilewarning" turns off this > warning. > Consult the user's guide for more details about POSIX paths: > http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#using-pathnames > > > I have installed R-2.12.2 which should be the latest version. I also have > the latest version of Rtools (Rtools212.exe). My operating system is Windows > XP professional x64 edition if it can help. Any clues on how to solve this > issue would be appreciated. > > Ian > > ****************************************************************************************************************************** > IAN SCHILLER, M.Sc. > > Statistical research assistant, > Division of Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University Health Center > Assistant de recherche en statistiques, > Département d'Épidémiologie Clinique, Centre Universitaire de Santé Mcgill > > Tel: 514 934 1934 ext. 36925 > Email: ian.schil...@clinepi.mcgill.ca > > ______________________________________________ > 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. ______________________________________________ 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.
