AFAIK tgz is one possible file name extension equivalent to .tar.gz, which implies gzip compression, so I think Bob was just being a bit sloppy when he wrote tar.tgz.
Key point is not that a particular compression makes a difference, but that the check needs to be run on a source archive rather than the in-place source you have been editing. He was confirming that you are making that file and specifying it when checking. On June 6, 2020 11:59:24 AM PDT, Carl Witthoft <c...@witthoft.com> wrote: >I plead ignorance here: I don't see an option to create .tgz . The >R CMD BUILD --help just lists "gzip" (default), "none", "bzip2", "xz" >.Does one of those create the .tgz -type compression? > >Carl > >On 6/6/20 2:37 PM, Bob Rudis wrote: >> Does it still do it if you build a tar.tgz archive and run it on >that? >> >> I could not dup your problem, but when I tried to run it on a couple >> of my packages that work fine with tar.gz (I use Authors@R) in dir >(`R >> CMD check --as-cran .` or parent dir and specify the pkg dir) I get: >> >> Required field missing or empty: >> ‘Author’ >> >> (running last R 4.0.1 beta before the release of R 4.0.1, latest >> Catalina beta AND R 4.0.0 on ubuntu) >> >> So, def something strange going on. >> >> On Sat, Jun 6, 2020 at 12:47 PM Carl Witthoft <c...@witthoft.com> >wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> I recently upgraded to a new iMac w/ Catalina. Something really >strange >>> is happening when I try to run "R CMD CHECK --as-cran " . >>> If I run it on various older packages that have previously passed >the >>> check, all is well. >>> >>> I am writing a new package, and here's the response I get: >>> >>> >>> * using log directory ‘/Users/cgw/Rgames/fitConic.Rcheck’ >>> * using R version 4.0.0 (2020-04-24) >>> * using platform: x86_64-apple-darwin17.0 (64-bit) >>> * using session charset: UTF-8 >>> * using option ‘--as-cran’ >>> * checking for file ‘fitConic/DESCRIPTION’ ... OK >>> * this is package ‘fitConic’ version ‘1.0’ >>> * checking CRAN incoming feasibility ...Error: file './DESCRIPTION' >>> does not exist >>> Execution halted >>> >>> >>> This happens whether I run R CMD CHECK from the parent dirctory >>> /Users/cgw/Rgames or from the source directory >/Users/cgw/Rgames/fitConic . >>> >>> I verified I can edit the DESCRIPTION file in my previous packages & >>> still pass the check. I even took one of those old DESCRIPTION >files >>> and put it into the fitConic directory, and changed only the >"Package: " >>> line . >>> >>> I'm guessing that last error message is not telling me what actually >>> went wrong, but I'm at a loss as to why this new package fails. >I've >>> created a new directory and moved all my files (DESCRIPTION, >NAMESPACE, >>> and the R & man folders) over. No luck. >>> >>> Is this a hangup somewhere in R 4.0 for OSX, or is there something >else >>> going on? (do I need, for example to do something to give XQuartz >more >>> permissions, or some other called app? ) >>> >>> thanks >>> -- >>> Carl Witthoft >>> c...@witthoft.com >>> resume: https://app.box.com/file/498153801347 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> R-SIG-Mac mailing list >>> R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac -- Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac