Oh Sorry Mr Murdoch! I read a post where both you and Brian Ripley were involved and the confusion probably arose from that!
Ok thanks Mr Ligges. 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: Uwe Ligges [mailto:lig...@statistik.tu-dortmund.de] Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:45 PM To: Ian Schiller Cc: Duncan Murdoch; r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] R CMD build creates tar file instead of tar.gz file On 24.03.2011 17:36, Ian Schiller wrote: > 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? Looks like "Duncan Murdoch" is now considered to be an alias for "Mr. Ripley". Anyway, we do not accept .tar files on CRAN. Please fix your setup and submit a tar.gz as generated from R CMD build. Thanks, Uwe Ligges > 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. ______________________________________________ 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.