[R] Where is a package NEWS.Rd located?

[Kevin Wright]

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_liaw at 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-bounces at r-project.org
>> [mailto:r-help-bounces at 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
>> Wright<kw.stat at 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.stat at 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
>> > >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
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Kevin Wright