> 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 > > > > ______________________________________________ > > 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.
