Re: [Rd] missing sh.exe file when running "R CMD INSTALL test" (PR#8068)

2005-08-20 Thread Duncan Murdoch
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am trying to learn how to make a simple package that contains no C > or Fortran code. I used package.skeleton(...) to make a package > called "test". The directory and files look good. I downloaded and > installed Rtools (www.murdoch-sutherland.com/Rtools/tools.zip).

Re: [Rd] Questions on "\" vs "/" on Windows

2005-08-20 Thread Seth Falcon
On 20 Aug 2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > It _does_ dynamically read .Platform$file.sep, and it has an fsep > argument so you can do > > file.path("foo", "bar", fsep="\\") > > Beware though of namespaces: you would need to change > .Platform$file.sep in the base namespace (which you can do): > >>

Re: [Rd] Questions on "\" vs "/" on Windows

2005-08-20 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On Sat, 20 Aug 2005, Seth Falcon wrote: > A recent thread on R-help reminded me of some questions I have > regarding the path separator on Windows. > > The thread: [R] using paste and "\" to create a valid filename > > The question: > > What are the use-cases where "\" is required for paths passed

Re: [Rd] Questions on "\" vs "/" on Windows

2005-08-20 Thread Gabor Grothendieck
On 8/20/05, Seth Falcon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A recent thread on R-help reminded me of some questions I have > regarding the path separator on Windows. > > The thread: [R] using paste and "\" to create a valid filename > > The question: > > What are the use-cases where "\" is required for

Re: [Rd] Different gcc versions

2005-08-20 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
Göran, On 20 August 2005 at 13:54, Göran Broström wrote: | I have both gcc-3.4 and gcc-4.0(.1) installed on my system | (debian-amd64 unstable), with links /usr/bin/gcc, g77, etc. to | the 3.4 versions. When I build R, the 3.4 version is picked up, | which is fine. | | However, when I 'install

[Rd] Questions on "\" vs "/" on Windows

2005-08-20 Thread Seth Falcon
A recent thread on R-help reminded me of some questions I have regarding the path separator on Windows. The thread: [R] using paste and "\" to create a valid filename The question: What are the use-cases where "\" is required for paths passed as character vectors from within R? My experience ha

[Rd] Different gcc versions

2005-08-20 Thread Göran Broström
I have both gcc-3.4 and gcc-4.0(.1) installed on my system (debian-amd64 unstable), with links /usr/bin/gcc, g77, etc. to the 3.4 versions. When I build R, the 3.4 version is picked up, which is fine. However, when I 'install.packages("xyz")', R uses gcc-4.0 and gfortran-4.0! Should I accept thi