On Thu, Aug 29, 2024 at 12:12 AM Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.dun...@gmail.com> wrote: [...] > I think the reason is simplicity. The build process can add, delete or > modify files. You wouldn't want that to happen on the original source > files, so R copies the files to a temporary location to run things. > > If it applied .Rbuildignore first, then important files for the build > might not be available, and the build could fail.
AFAICT the ignored files are deleted right after the copy, so they are not present during the build process. (But FIXME.) ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
