I don't think this is on topic either here or on R-package-devel... it should go back to R-devel of you can provide a compelling argument for making the change.
That said, I still feel you are chasing a non-problem. The original directories generally don't even exist on the original computer any more once the package has been created, but the files they refer to definitely do exist and R has no problem finding them. Read the R source code, src/library/tools/R/Rd.R. If you "fix" this not-a-problem and submit a patch to R-devel, then I suspect you will have to provide a more convincing argument for applying it than you have so far given. -- Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. On April 19, 2017 3:56:38 PM PDT, Philip Rinn <ri...@inventati.org> wrote: >Hi, > >Am 20.04.2017 um 00:32 schrieb Jeff Newmiller: >> I think we are (I certainly am) going to need a more concrete >example. As in, >> point us at a specific package and filename in this package that >illustrates >> your concern. Such precision would also be expected on R-devel, so >the lack of >> response may have been self-inflicted. > >Ok, let's give you an example: > >philip@debian:~$ wget >https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/ald_1.1.tar.gz >philip@debian:~$ mkdir test >philip@debian:~$ mkdir test1 >philip@debian:~$ cp ald_1.1.tar.gz test/ >philip@debian:~$ cp ald_1.1.tar.gz test1/ >philip@debian:~$ cd test >philip@debian:~/test$ R CMD INSTALL --build ald_1.1.tar.gz >philip@debian:~/test$ tar -zxvf ald_1.1_R_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz >ald/help/paths.rds >philip@debian:~/test$ cd ../test1 >philip@debian:~/test1$ R CMD INSTALL --build ald_1.1.tar.gz >philip@debian:~/test1$ tar -zxvf ald_1.1_R_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz >ald/help/paths.rds >philip@debian:~/test1$ cd .. >philip@debian:~$ Rscript -e "readRDS('test/ald/help/paths.rds')" >[1] "/tmp/RtmpXhF0y3/R.INSTALLd717b7b387a/ald/man/ALD.Rd" >[2] "/tmp/RtmpXhF0y3/R.INSTALLd717b7b387a/ald/man/ald-package.Rd" >[3] "/tmp/RtmpXhF0y3/R.INSTALLd717b7b387a/ald/man/likALD.Rd" >[4] "/tmp/RtmpXhF0y3/R.INSTALLd717b7b387a/ald/man/mleALD.Rd" >[5] "/tmp/RtmpXhF0y3/R.INSTALLd717b7b387a/ald/man/momentsALD.Rd" >attr(,"first") >[1] 46 >philip@debian:~$ Rscript -e "readRDS('test1/ald/help/paths.rds')" >[1] "/tmp/RtmpqjNKva/R.INSTALLe362823e45a/ald/man/ALD.Rd" >[2] "/tmp/RtmpqjNKva/R.INSTALLe362823e45a/ald/man/ald-package.Rd" >[3] "/tmp/RtmpqjNKva/R.INSTALLe362823e45a/ald/man/likALD.Rd" >[4] "/tmp/RtmpqjNKva/R.INSTALLe362823e45a/ald/man/mleALD.Rd" >[5] "/tmp/RtmpqjNKva/R.INSTALLe362823e45a/ald/man/momentsALD.Rd" >attr(,"first") >[1] 46 > >As you see, the file help/paths.rds contains absolute paths which doe >not exist >(after compilation) on the PC. I therefore try to find a way to replace >these >absolute paths by relative. My favorite output would be: > >philip@debian:~$ Rscript -e "readRDS('test2/ald/help/paths.rds')" >[1] "./ald/man/ALD.Rd" >[2] "./ald/man/ald-package.Rd" >[3] "./ald/man/likALD.Rd" >[4] "./ald/man/mleALD.Rd" >[5] "./ald/man/momentsALD.Rd" >attr(,"first") >[1] 46 > >I just ask for help to understand where those paths got inject (see my >first mail >for details). I'm willing to write/test the patches needed. > >Hope that helps to understand my idea. > >Best, >Philip ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.
