[R] problem with "make distribution"

[Erin Hodgess]

Hello again.

I downloaded the R_Tcl zip file and extracted it to c:\R\R-2.12.0

I re-ran the entire process and still have the same problem with Windows 7.

Thanks,
Erin


On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 5:10 AM, Prof Brian Ripley
<ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Oct 2010, Erin Hodgess wrote:
>
>> Dear R People:
>>
>> I'm trying to experiment with the "make distribution"  with R-2.12.0
>> when compiling from source on Windows.  It works fine on Windows XP,
>> but I'm having a snag with Windows 7.
>>
>> Here is the snag:
>>
>> cp -prf "../../../Tcl" R-2.12.0
>> cp: preserving permissions for `R-2.12.0/Tcl/bin': Invalid argument
>> cp: preserving permissions for `R-2.12.0/Tcl/doc': Invalid argument
>>
>> and so on.
>>
>> Has anyone run into this, please?
>
> Yes.  This is an issue with how you unpacked the Tcl directory. Without
> knowing how you did that, you will need either to
>
> - Use Windows Explorer to correct the ownership/permissions of Tcl and those
> subdirectories -- sometimes simply renaming it and making a copy called
> 'Tcl' is the easiest way forward.
> - Remove it and unpack it some other way, e.g. via the zip file available at
> http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/Rtools/
>
> Cygwin and Windows 7/Vista do sometimes fight over permissions (and this is
> using cp from Cygwin): I've seen this more often with the Cygwin update in
> the current Rtools212 than in earlier versions.
>
>
>>
>> Thanks for any help.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Erin
>>
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>> Erin Hodgess
>> Associate Professor
>> Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences
>> University of Houston - Downtown
>> mailto: erinm.hodgess at gmail.com
>>
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Erin Hodgess
Associate Professor
Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences
University of Houston - Downtown
mailto: erinm.hodgess at gmail.com