Another possibility is to store your code in svn or other version control system.
On 9/28/06, Arne Henningsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I was really happy when I saw that in R version 2.3.0 "R CMD check" works for > packages whose package name is different from the directory name in which it > is located (see http://cran.r-project.org/src/base/NEWS). > Now, I can have branches of my packages in directories like > "[...]/branches/<version number>/", while I had to use > "[...]/branches/<version number>/<package name>" before. > "R CMD check <version number>" runs as expected but when I build the package > with "R CMD build <version number>", the file name of the source package is > "<version number>_<version number>-<patch level>.tar.gz" (and not "<package > name>_<version number>-<patch level>.tar.gz"). Furthermore the base directory > inside the .tar.gz archive is "<version number>" (and not "<package name>"). > > Is there a possibility to tell "R CMD build" to use the correct package name > ("R CMD check" uses the correct package name.) Can you change the (default) > behaviour of "R CMD build" in future releases? > > Do I have to change the file name and/or the name of the base directory before > uploading the package to CRAN? > > I use R version 2.3.1 (2006-06-01) on i686-pc-linux-gnu. > The same happens with R version 2.4.0 RC. > > Thanks, > Arne > > -- > Arne Henningsen > Department of Agricultural Economics > University of Kiel > Olshausenstr. 40 > D-24098 Kiel (Germany) > Tel: +49-431-880 4445 > Fax: +49-431-880 1397 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.uni-kiel.de/agrarpol/ahenningsen/ > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel