To all (and Duncan in particular), The problem has been solved. Apparently, you cannot have directories in the path for files that contain "spaces" in their names. I noticed this problem under Vista if the build directory was nested under several directories within the working directory (i.e. the pdf file would not print when check was run). I placed the package in a directory (c:\build) and re-ran the check command. The pdf manual printed as part of the check procedure.
Thanks to everyone for the help. Michael Gates ________________________________________ From: Duncan Murdoch [murd...@stats.uwo.ca] Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 8:14 AM To: Gates, Michael Cc: r-help@R-project.org Subject: Re: [R] Windows Check/Build Configuration On 9/4/2009 9:07 AM, Gates, Michael wrote: > I recently submitted a package on CRAN. When I went to update the package, I > tried to do the check/build procedures on a system with Windows XP, using the > recommended R-tools available from Dr. Ripley (Rtools29). > > Everything works fine in the check and build process except under Windows XP > the pdf manual is not generated? The check procedure does, in fact, check the > read files for correct syntax and required content and the manual passes "OK" > on the check procedure; however, when I look for the pdf manual it is not > created. This does not occur when I complete the check process under Windows > Vista? > > I have tried installing post-script drivers, uninstalling/re-installing the > R-tools, updating the current release of R (i.e. 2.9.1), everything I can > think of, but the pdf manual is not generated under XP. > > I would be very thankful if anyone could tell me if I have missed changing > something in a configuration file under windows XP that is not required under > windows Vista. I have check the path commands to ensure all tools are > properly listed and that any program that might be called during check is > listed in the path command file. > > How do I get the pdf manual to print during the check process for creating a > new package under Windows XP, using the R-tools available for Windows? > > Thank you all in advance for reading my post. The pdf manuals are created by pdflatex. I would guess that R can't find it on your XP system. It's not part of the Rtools, you need to install it separately. Duncan Murdoch ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
