> Although Brian Ripley is faster at most things than I am, in this case I 
was more prompt than him.

My mistake.  I'm sorry!

> I don't know the CRAN policy on this, but I think it would be worthwhile 
fixing the problem you can see, in case there are other problems that 
you can't see.

Agree.

> Can you try doing the build on a 32 bit OS, or on Windows 7?

I'll give it a shot.

Thanks again Mr. Murdoch (got it now!)

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 12:47 PM
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 12:36 PM, Ian Schiller wrote:
> Thanks for your prompt answer Mr. Ripley.

Although Brian Ripley is faster at most things than I am, in this case I 
was more prompt than him.

>    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?

I don't know the CRAN policy on this, but I think it would be worthwhile 
fixing the problem you can see, in case there are other problems that 
you can't see.

Currently we test R on a Windows 7 64 bit machine, but I don't know of 
anyone else who is testing it on an XP 64 bit machine.  Can you try 
doing the build on a 32 bit OS, or on Windows 7?

One other thing to try is to update your installation to 
2.12.2-patched.  I'm not aware of any bug fixes that would fix the 
problem you are seeing, but there might be something there.

Duncan Murdoch

> 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
> >
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