[R] trouble with R CMD INSTALL for building my own library

[Timothy H. Keitt]

Actually, I've noticed the same thing (v. 1.3.1) I created a new package 
and added a 'src' dir and put a C source file in there; 'make' was never 
called by 'R CMD INSTALL'. I thought I had simply forgotten something, 
but it looks like this may be a bug (either with 'INSTALL' or something 
about the Debian packages?)

Tim

Kurt Hornik wrote:

>>>>>>Jonathan Li writes:
>>>>>>
>
>>Hi,
>>
>
>>I have built a library that consists of a piece of C code and some R
>>functions.  To build it into a library that I can load using library()
>>command, I have followed "Writing R Extensions" and made
>>sub-directories such as mylib/R and mylib/src.
>>
>
>It actually is 'package' and not 'library'.
>
>>But when I run R CMD INSTALL mylib, nothing seems to be happening with
>>src directory, i.e., no C compiling. I have probably missed some key
>>steps. But after reading very carefully "Writing R Extension", I
>>conclude that I don't need to write my own Makefile in src since R CMD
>>INSTALL will use the default in /usr/lib/R/etc/Makeconf Here is a copy
>>of Makeconf file. In addition, R CMD check and R CMD build all ran
>>without running "make". Is this the way it is supposed to be?  (no
>>error messages encountered).
>>
>
>Sounds strange.  You really have
>
>	mylib/src/foo.c
>
>(note the extension!) and nothing happens?
>
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