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

[Liaw, Andy]

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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