To R-devel,
I am currently writing a package with R 2.2.1 under Windows using
cygwin and the recommended Rtools. Physically my package ist hosted on
the Drive z: .
When I call Rcmd.exe build ?-binary for my package I have a problem
with the "build" script in $R_HOME/bin/. Starting on line 226 the code
is as follows:
if($WINDOWS) {
## workaround for paths in Cygwin tar
$filepath =~ s+^([A-Za-x]):+/cygdrive/\1+;
}
Is there a particular reason that only lower case letter from a-x are
handled? As my drive is z: I would like the workaround to work for
lower case letters a-z.
Best regards,
Michael H?hle
Bug or Feature in Rcmd build workaround workaround for paths in Cygwin tar
2 messages · Michael Hoehle, Brian Ripley
On Mon, 6 Mar 2006, Michael Hoehle wrote:
To R-devel,
I am currently writing a package with R 2.2.1 under Windows using
cygwin and the recommended Rtools. Physically my package ist hosted on
the Drive z: .
When I call Rcmd.exe build ?-binary for my package I have a problem
with the "build" script in $R_HOME/bin/. Starting on line 226 the code
is as follows:
if($WINDOWS) {
## workaround for paths in Cygwin tar
$filepath =~ s+^([A-Za-x]):+/cygdrive/\1+;
}
Is there a particular reason that only lower case letter from a-x are
handled? As my drive is z: I would like the workaround to work for
lower case letters a-z.
So edit the file and it should work. (Something is a little strange, as Windows has drive letters in upper case.) You may need to edit check as well as build.
Brian D. Ripley, ripley at 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