[Rd] (PR#11484) On WinXP, R CMD config needs sh (and breaks without it)

[lgautier at gmail.com]

2008/5/19 Prof Brian Ripley <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk>:
> Where is the bug here?  It also does on a Unix-alike.

Then "R CMD config --help" could at least spit out an error stating
what should be installed
(rather than die with an execution error straight from the DOS).

Setting an "sh" in the %Path% (sh coming from cygwin) does not seem to
lead to something working
under winXP (various error messages).


> Anything involving R CMD potentially needs the Rtools set in the path.

I guess that I have been lucky with the "potential" aspect of the
requirements so far.
Is there a documentation of what is needed by the respective R CMD flavors ?


> R CMD config is primarily intended to be used in configure scripts in
> packages.
>
> On Sun, 18 May 2008, lgautier at gmail.com wrote:
>
>> Full_Name: Laurent Gautier
>> Version: R-2.7.0patched (r45712)
>> OS: WinXP
>> Submission from: (NULL) (90.15.141.247)
>>
>>
>>
>> On a WinXP box (that does not has "sh" in the %Path%,
>> R CMD config appears to break:
>>
>> C:\>R CMD config
>> 'sh' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
>> operable program or batch file.
>>
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