Where is a package NEWS.Rd located?
Yes, exactly. But the problem is with NEWS.Rd, not NEWS. pkg/inst/NEWS.Rd is moved to pkg/NEWS.Rd at build time, but for installed packages, "news" tried to load "pkg/inst/NEWS.Rd". I'm going to file a bug report. Kevin
On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 7:29 AM, Kevin Wright <kw.stat at gmail.com> wrote:
If you look at tools:::.build_news_db, the plain text NEWS file is searched for in pkg/NEWS and pkg/inst/NEWS, but NEWS.Rd in only searched for in pkg/inst/NEWS.Rd. Looks like a bug to me. I *think*. Thanks, Kevin On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 7:09 AM, Kevin Wright <kw.stat at gmail.com> wrote:
Hopefully a quick question. ?My package has a NEWS.Rd file that is not being found by "news". The "news" function calls "tools:::.build_news_db" which has this line: nfile <- file.path(dir, "inst", "NEWS.Rd") So it appears that the "news" function is searching for "mypackage/inst/NEWS.Rd". However, "Writing R extensions" says "The contents of the inst subdirectory will be copied recursively to the installation directory" During the installation, mypackage/inst/NEWS.Rd is copied into the "mypackage" directory, not "mypackage/inst". What am I doing wrong, or is this a bug? Kevin Wright -- Kevin Wright
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