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inst/CITATION produced error during Rcmd check <package>

3 messages · Pfaff, Bernhard, Brian Ripley, Gabor Grothendieck

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Dear list member,

by running Rcmd check on a package where a customised 'CITATION' file should
be included instead of the automatically produced one, the following error
occurs:

  adding build stamp to DESCRIPTION
  installing NAMESPACE file and metadata
  installing R files
  installing inst files
FIND: Parameter format not correct
make[2]: *** [c:/R/packages/urca/inst] Error 2
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make: *** [pkg-urca] Error 2
*** Installation of urca failed ***

When I exclude /inst/CITATION from the package sources, no problems/errors
are encountered. 
Incidentally, the same error occurs on 'Rcmd check VR':

H:\R\Packages>Rcmd check VR
* checking for working latex ... OK
* using log directory 'H:/R/Packages/VR.Rcheck'
* checking for file 'VR/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
* checking if this is a source package ... OK

installing R.css in H:/R/Packages/VR.Rcheck

Looks like `H:/R/Packages/VR' is a package bundle


---------- Making package MASS ------------
  adding build stamp to DESCRIPTION
  installing NAMESPACE file and metadata
  making DLL ...
making MASS.d from MASS.c
making lqs.d from lqs.c
gcc   -Ic:/R/rw2000/include -Wall -O2   -c MASS.c -o MASS.o
gcc   -Ic:/R/rw2000/include -Wall -O2   -c lqs.c -o lqs.o
ar cr MASS.a MASS.o lqs.o
ranlib MASS.a
windres --include-dir c:/R/rw2000/include  -i MASS_res.rc -o MASS_res.o
gcc  --shared -s  -o MASS.dll MASS.def MASS.a MASS_res.o
-Lc:/R/rw2000/src/gnuw
in32  -lg2c -lR
  ... DLL made
  installing DLL
  installing R files
  installing inst files
FIND: Parameter format not correct
make[2]: *** [H:/R/Packages/VR.Rcheck/MASS/inst] Error 2
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make: *** [pkg-MASS] Error 2
*** Installation of MASS failed ***

 ERROR
Installation failed.

H:\R\Packages>

Am I doing something wrong? Is the error caused by my OS? Any help or
pointers are appreciated.

Best Regards,
Bernhard

Version:
 platform = i386-pc-mingw32
 arch = i386
 os = mingw32
 system = i386, mingw32
 status = 
 major = 2
 minor = 0.0
 year = 2004
 month = 10
 day = 04
 language = R

Windows 2000 Professional (build 2195) Service Pack 4.0

Search Path:
 .GlobalEnv, package:methods, package:stats, package:graphics,
package:grDevices, package:utils, package:datasets, package:fortunes,
Autoloads, package:base



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That you are getting FIND not `find' suggests that you have not followed
the instructions in README.packages correctly.  Please ensure you have
followed

BEWARE: `Native' ports of make are _not_ suitable (including that at
the mingw site).  There were also problems with several earlier
versions of the cygwin tools and dll.  To avoid frustration, please
use our tool set, and make sure it is at the front of your path
(including before the Windows system directories).

and especially the last point.
On Thu, 11 Nov 2004, Pfaff, Bernhard wrote:

            

  
    
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Prof Brian Ripley <ripley <at> stats.ox.ac.uk> writes:

: That you are getting FIND not `find' suggests that you have not followed
: the instructions in README.packages correctly.  Please ensure you have
: followed


When I had this problem I found I had to put the path to the UNIX-like
tools ahead of everything in my PATH variable so that the UNIX-like find
was used rather than the Windows find.