Re: [Rd] Issues building from svn

2016-07-19 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On 20 July 2016 at 00:21, peter dalgaard wrote: | | > On 19 Jul 2016, at 22:05 , Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: | > | > | > On a fresh svn checkout in a fresh directory, following up on 'configure' | > (with many options, pointer to exact invocation below) by 'make' ends in | > tears: | | This also

Re: [Rd] Issues building from svn

2016-07-19 Thread peter dalgaard
> On 19 Jul 2016, at 22:05 , Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: > > > On a fresh svn checkout in a fresh directory, following up on 'configure' > (with many options, pointer to exact invocation below) by 'make' ends in > tears: This also breaks plain builds of r-devel. Subdir make is such a pain! Top

[Rd] Issues building from svn

2016-07-19 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On a fresh svn checkout in a fresh directory, following up on 'configure' (with many options, pointer to exact invocation below) by 'make' ends in tears: root@09c079b7388b:/tmp/R-devel# make make[1]: Entering directory '/tmp/R-devel/doc/manual' creating RESOURCES creating FAQ creating doc/html/re

[Rd] package installation fails when symlink of same name exists

2016-07-19 Thread Kevin Ushey
R fails to install a package from source over a pre-existing package when the path to that package is a symlink, rather than a directory. A reproducible example to illustrate (using MASS as an example): # create a temporary R library in tempdir library <- tempfile() if (!dir.exists(lib