Re: [R] Where is a package NEWS.Rd located?
Dear Kevin Just had the same problem, that is, placed the NEWS.Rd in the package inst/ directory, and the news() function did not find the information. The help page for news() is, however, pretty clear: ..., if the given add-on package can be found in the given libraries, it is attempted to read its news in structured form from files 'inst/NEWS.Rd', 'NEWS' or 'inst/NEWS' (in that order). Hence, installing NEWS.Rd in an inst/ directory works fine. I have no idea if an installed package should or shouldn't have an inst/ subdirectory, but from the help page the functionality seems intentional to me. - Niels On 06/01/11 12.35, Kevin Wright wrote: Andy, thanks for providing a clear way of saying it. I thought I was clear in the first place, but oh well). Here is the structure of my source files: hwpkg/DESCRIPTION hwpkg/R/hw.R hwpkg/inst/NEWS.Rd I'm using Windows XP. When I install this package, I do this: Rcmd INSTALL hwpkg Which results in ls c:/r/r-2.12.0/library/hwpkg/ -rwxr-x---+ 1 wrightkevi 355 Jan 6 14:19 DESCRIPTION drwxrwx---+ 2 wrightkevi 0 Jan 6 14:19 Meta -rwxr-x---+ 1 wrightkevi 18 Jan 6 14:19 NEWS.Rd drwxrwx---+ 2 wrightkevi 0 Jan 6 14:19 R drwxrwx---+ 2 wrightkevi 0 Jan 6 14:19 help drwxrwx---+ 2 wrightkevi 0 Jan 6 14:19 html As you see, there is no inst/NEWS.Rd file (NEWS.Rd has been moved UP a level), and so news(package=hwpkg) returns nothing. If I build the package into a zipfile and then install.packages(zipfile), the same problem occurs. Kevin On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Liaw, Andyandy_l...@merck.com wrote: I was communicating with Kevin off-list. The problem seems to be run time, not install time. News() calls tools:::.build_news_db(), and the 2nd line of that function is: nfile- file.path(dir, inst, NEWS.Rd) and that's the problem: an installed package shouldn't have an inst/ subdirectory, right? Andy -Original Message- From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Duncan Murdoch Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 2:30 PM To: Kevin Wright Cc: R list Subject: Re: [R] Where is a package NEWS.Rd located? On 06/01/2011 2:19 PM, Kevin Wright wrote: Yes, exactly. But the problem is with NEWS.Rd, not NEWS. I'm not sure who you are arguing with, but if you do file a bug report, please also put together a simple reproducible example, e.g. a small package containing NEWS.Rd in the inst directory (which is where the docs say it should go) and code that shows why this is bad. Don't just talk about internal functions used for building packages; as far as we can tell so far tools:::.build_news_db is doing exactly what it should be doing. Duncan Murdoch 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 Wrightkw.s...@gmail.comwrote: 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 Wrightkw.s...@gmail.comwrote: 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 -- Kevin Wright __ 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. Notice: This e-mail message, together with any attachments, contains information of Merck Co., Inc. (One Merck Drive, Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, USA 08889), and/or its affiliates Direct contact information for affiliates is available at http://www.merck.com/contact/contacts.html) that may be confidential, proprietary copyrighted and/or legally privileged. It is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity named on this message. If you are not the intended recipient, and have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by reply e-mail and then delete it from your system. -- Niels Richard Hansen Web: www.math.ku.dk/~richard Associate Professor Email: niels.r.han...@math.ku.dk Department of Mathematical Sciences
[R] Where is a package NEWS.Rd located?
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 __ 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.
Re: [R] Where is a package NEWS.Rd located?
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.s...@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 -- Kevin Wright __ 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.
Re: [R] 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.s...@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.s...@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 -- Kevin Wright -- Kevin Wright __ 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.
Re: [R] Where is a package NEWS.Rd located?
On 06/01/2011 2:19 PM, Kevin Wright wrote: Yes, exactly. But the problem is with NEWS.Rd, not NEWS. I'm not sure who you are arguing with, but if you do file a bug report, please also put together a simple reproducible example, e.g. a small package containing NEWS.Rd in the inst directory (which is where the docs say it should go) and code that shows why this is bad. Don't just talk about internal functions used for building packages; as far as we can tell so far tools:::.build_news_db is doing exactly what it should be doing. Duncan Murdoch 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 Wrightkw.s...@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 Wrightkw.s...@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 -- Kevin Wright __ 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.
Re: [R] Where is a package NEWS.Rd located?
I was communicating with Kevin off-list.
The problem seems to be run time, not install time. News() calls
tools:::.build_news_db(), and the 2nd line of that function is:
nfile - file.path(dir, inst, NEWS.Rd)
and that's the problem: an installed package shouldn't have an inst/
subdirectory, right?
Andy
-Original Message-
From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org
[mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Duncan Murdoch
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 2:30 PM
To: Kevin Wright
Cc: R list
Subject: Re: [R] Where is a package NEWS.Rd located?
On 06/01/2011 2:19 PM, Kevin Wright wrote:
Yes, exactly. But the problem is with NEWS.Rd, not NEWS.
I'm not sure who you are arguing with, but if you do file a
bug report,
please also put together a simple reproducible example, e.g. a small
package containing NEWS.Rd in the inst directory (which is where the
docs say it should go) and code that shows why this is bad.
Don't just
talk about internal functions used for building packages; as
far as we
can tell so far tools:::.build_news_db is doing exactly what
it should
be doing.
Duncan Murdoch
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
Wrightkw.s...@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
Wrightkw.s...@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
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Re: [R] Where is a package NEWS.Rd located?
Andy, thanks for providing a clear way of saying it. I thought I was clear in the first place, but oh well). Here is the structure of my source files: hwpkg/DESCRIPTION hwpkg/R/hw.R hwpkg/inst/NEWS.Rd I'm using Windows XP. When I install this package, I do this: Rcmd INSTALL hwpkg Which results in ls c:/r/r-2.12.0/library/hwpkg/ -rwxr-x---+ 1 wrightkevi 355 Jan 6 14:19 DESCRIPTION drwxrwx---+ 2 wrightkevi 0 Jan 6 14:19 Meta -rwxr-x---+ 1 wrightkevi 18 Jan 6 14:19 NEWS.Rd drwxrwx---+ 2 wrightkevi 0 Jan 6 14:19 R drwxrwx---+ 2 wrightkevi 0 Jan 6 14:19 help drwxrwx---+ 2 wrightkevi 0 Jan 6 14:19 html As you see, there is no inst/NEWS.Rd file (NEWS.Rd has been moved UP a level), and so news(package=hwpkg) returns nothing. If I build the package into a zipfile and then install.packages(zipfile), the same problem occurs. Kevin On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Liaw, Andy andy_l...@merck.com wrote: I was communicating with Kevin off-list. The problem seems to be run time, not install time. News() calls tools:::.build_news_db(), and the 2nd line of that function is: nfile - file.path(dir, inst, NEWS.Rd) and that's the problem: an installed package shouldn't have an inst/ subdirectory, right? Andy -Original Message- From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Duncan Murdoch Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 2:30 PM To: Kevin Wright Cc: R list Subject: Re: [R] Where is a package NEWS.Rd located? On 06/01/2011 2:19 PM, Kevin Wright wrote: Yes, exactly. But the problem is with NEWS.Rd, not NEWS. I'm not sure who you are arguing with, but if you do file a bug report, please also put together a simple reproducible example, e.g. a small package containing NEWS.Rd in the inst directory (which is where the docs say it should go) and code that shows why this is bad. Don't just talk about internal functions used for building packages; as far as we can tell so far tools:::.build_news_db is doing exactly what it should be doing. Duncan Murdoch 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 Wrightkw.s...@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 Wrightkw.s...@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 -- Kevin Wright __ 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. Notice: This e-mail message, together with any attachments, contains information of Merck Co., Inc. (One Merck Drive, Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, USA 08889), and/or its affiliates Direct contact information for affiliates is available at http://www.merck.com/contact/contacts.html) that may be confidential, proprietary copyrighted and/or legally privileged. It is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity named on this message. If you are not the intended recipient, and have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by reply e-mail and then delete it from your system. -- Kevin Wright __ 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.
