[R] a question regarding package building

Thu Jun 26 20:41:29 CEST 2008

Tao Shi wrote:
> Hi List,
> 
> In Windows, if I do " R CMD build mypkg", then I'll get 'mypkg_1.0.tar.gz'.  Any option in R CMD build lets me to change the version, i.e. gives me 'mypkg_2.0.tar.gz"?   It seems "-version" option doesn't do anything for me.
> 
> Is it OK if I just change the version number in the file name manually?

No, you need to change it in the DESCRIPTION file.

Uwe Ligges

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> ...Tao
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