make check-all does not find DESCRIPTION for VR packages
It only happens with --install=skip, as a standard install does create DESCRIPTION files in the sources of the packages of a bundle. And check-Packages-Recommended does use --install=skip ... Fix committed.
On Sat, 3 Apr 2004, Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
Yes, I've seen this (and when checking dse). It does not happen with R CMD check VR (or dse) and is a recent change. It is being a bit elusive .... On Fri, 2 Apr 2004, Liaw, Andy wrote:
When running make check-all on R-1.9.0beta (2004-03-31) built with
pgf77/gcc/g++ on the Opteron (running SLES8), I get four warnings about not
finding the DESCRIPTION files for the packages in the VR bundle; e.g.,
cannot open file `/u1/scratch/R-1.9.0/tests/Packages/VR/spatial/DESCRIPTION'
Error in tools:::.checkPackageDepends(dir =
"/u1/scratch/R-1.9.0/tests/Packages/VR/spatial") :
package directory '/u1/scratch/R-1.9.0/tests/Packages/VR/spatial'
has no valid DESCRIPTION file
Execution halted
See the information on DESCRIPTION files in section 'Creating R packages'
of the 'Writing R Extensions' manual.
Has anyone seen the same, or is it just me?
[With tar ztvf src/library/Recommended/VR.tgz, I do see DESCRIPTION.in in
the packages, but no DESCRIPTION.]
And that is correct.
Brian D. Ripley, ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595