(PR#11484) On WinXP, R CMD config needs sh (and breaks without it)

2008/5/19 Prof Brian Ripley <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk>:

Where is the bug here?  It also does on a Unix-alike.

Then "R CMD config --help" could at least spit out an error stating
what should be installed
(rather than die with an execution error straight from the DOS).

Setting an "sh" in the %Path% (sh coming from cygwin) does not seem to
lead to something working
under winXP (various error messages).

Anything involving R CMD potentially needs the Rtools set in the path.

I guess that I have been lucky with the "potential" aspect of the
requirements so far.
Is there a documentation of what is needed by the respective R CMD flavors ?

R CMD config is primarily intended to be used in configure scripts in
packages.

On Sun, 18 May 2008, lgautier at gmail.com wrote:

Full_Name: Laurent Gautier
Version: R-2.7.0patched (r45712)
OS: WinXP
Submission from: (NULL) (90.15.141.247)



On a WinXP box (that does not has "sh" in the %Path%,
R CMD config appears to break:

C:\>R CMD config
'sh' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

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