R devel - Nov 2004 - inst/CITATION produced error during Rcmd check <package>

Dear list member,

by running Rcmd check on a package where a customised 'CITATION' file
should
be included instead of the automatically produced one, the following error
occurs:

  adding build stamp to DESCRIPTION
  installing NAMESPACE file and metadata
  installing R files
  installing inst files
FIND: Parameter format not correct
make[2]: *** [c:/R/packages/urca/inst] Error 2
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make: *** [pkg-urca] Error 2
*** Installation of urca failed ***

When I exclude /inst/CITATION from the package sources, no problems/errors
are encountered. 
Incidentally, the same error occurs on 'Rcmd check VR':

H:\R\Packages>Rcmd check VR
* checking for working latex ... OK
* using log directory 'H:/R/Packages/VR.Rcheck'
* checking for file 'VR/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
* checking if this is a source package ... OK

installing R.css in H:/R/Packages/VR.Rcheck

Looks like `H:/R/Packages/VR' is a package bundle


---------- Making package MASS ------------
  adding build stamp to DESCRIPTION
  installing NAMESPACE file and metadata
  making DLL ...
making MASS.d from MASS.c
making lqs.d from lqs.c
gcc   -Ic:/R/rw2000/include -Wall -O2   -c MASS.c -o MASS.o
gcc   -Ic:/R/rw2000/include -Wall -O2   -c lqs.c -o lqs.o
ar cr MASS.a MASS.o lqs.o
ranlib MASS.a
windres --include-dir c:/R/rw2000/include  -i MASS_res.rc -o MASS_res.o
gcc  --shared -s  -o MASS.dll MASS.def MASS.a MASS_res.o
-Lc:/R/rw2000/src/gnuw
in32  -lg2c -lR
  ... DLL made
  installing DLL
  installing R files
  installing inst files
FIND: Parameter format not correct
make[2]: *** [H:/R/Packages/VR.Rcheck/MASS/inst] Error 2
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make: *** [pkg-MASS] Error 2
*** Installation of MASS failed ***

 ERROR
Installation failed.

H:\R\Packages>

Am I doing something wrong? Is the error caused by my OS? Any help or
pointers are appreciated.

Best Regards,
Bernhard

Version:
 platform = i386-pc-mingw32
 arch = i386
 os = mingw32
 system = i386, mingw32
 status = 
 major = 2
 minor = 0.0
 year = 2004
 month = 10
 day = 04
 language = R

Windows 2000 Professional (build 2195) Service Pack 4.0

Search Path:
 .GlobalEnv, package:methods, package:stats, package:graphics,
package:grDevices, package:utils, package:datasets, package:fortunes,
Autoloads, package:base



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That you are getting FIND not `find' suggests that you have not followed
the instructions in README.packages correctly.  Please ensure you have
followed

BEWARE: `Native' ports of make are _not_ suitable (including that at
the mingw site).  There were also problems with several earlier
versions of the cygwin tools and dll.  To avoid frustration, please
use our tool set, and make sure it is at the front of your path
(including before the Windows system directories).

and especially the last point.



On Thu, 11 Nov 2004, Pfaff, Bernhard wrote:
> Dear list member,
>
> by running Rcmd check on a package where a customised 'CITATION'
file should
> be included instead of the automatically produced one, the following error
> occurs:
>
>   adding build stamp to DESCRIPTION
>   installing NAMESPACE file and metadata
>   installing R files
>   installing inst files
> FIND: Parameter format not correct
> make[2]: *** [c:/R/packages/urca/inst] Error 2
> make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
> make: *** [pkg-urca] Error 2
> *** Installation of urca failed ***
>
> When I exclude /inst/CITATION from the package sources, no problems/errors
> are encountered.
> Incidentally, the same error occurs on 'Rcmd check VR':
>
> H:\R\Packages>Rcmd check VR
> * checking for working latex ... OK
> * using log directory 'H:/R/Packages/VR.Rcheck'
> * checking for file 'VR/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
> * checking if this is a source package ... OK
>
> installing R.css in H:/R/Packages/VR.Rcheck
>
> Looks like `H:/R/Packages/VR' is a package bundle
>
>
> ---------- Making package MASS ------------
>   adding build stamp to DESCRIPTION
>   installing NAMESPACE file and metadata
>   making DLL ...
> making MASS.d from MASS.c
> making lqs.d from lqs.c
> gcc   -Ic:/R/rw2000/include -Wall -O2   -c MASS.c -o MASS.o
> gcc   -Ic:/R/rw2000/include -Wall -O2   -c lqs.c -o lqs.o
> ar cr MASS.a MASS.o lqs.o
> ranlib MASS.a
> windres --include-dir c:/R/rw2000/include  -i MASS_res.rc -o MASS_res.o
> gcc  --shared -s  -o MASS.dll MASS.def MASS.a MASS_res.o
> -Lc:/R/rw2000/src/gnuw
> in32  -lg2c -lR
>   ... DLL made
>   installing DLL
>   installing R files
>   installing inst files
> FIND: Parameter format not correct
> make[2]: *** [H:/R/Packages/VR.Rcheck/MASS/inst] Error 2
> make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
> make: *** [pkg-MASS] Error 2
> *** Installation of MASS failed ***
>
>  ERROR
> Installation failed.
>
> H:\R\Packages>
>
> Am I doing something wrong? Is the error caused by my OS? Any help or
> pointers are appreciated.
>
> Best Regards,
> Bernhard
>
> Version:
>  platform = i386-pc-mingw32
>  arch = i386
>  os = mingw32
>  system = i386, mingw32
>  status >  major = 2
>  minor = 0.0
>  year = 2004
>  month = 10
>  day = 04
>  language = R
>
> Windows 2000 Professional (build 2195) Service Pack 4.0
>
> Search Path:
>  .GlobalEnv, package:methods, package:stats, package:graphics,
> package:grDevices, package:utils, package:datasets, package:fortunes,
> Autoloads, package:base
>
>
>
>
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> 
> That you are getting FIND not `find' suggests that you have 
> not followed
> the instructions in README.packages correctly.  Please ensure you have
> followed
> 
Dear Prof. Ripley and Gabor,

a big thanks to both of you for your quick and concise response. 
Yes, I did have read README.packages as well as  src/gnuwin32/INSTALL, but
obviously not carefully enough; hence it is ill-tempted to set the correct
order in the environment variable section for a *user* only, as I did
erroneously, but rather in the *system variable* section (start -> Settings
-> Control Panel -> System -> Environment Variables...). Incidentally,
this
error slipped my notice since 2001. It seems that I came around with this
before using an 'inst' subdirectory for the first time.

Having said this, would it be possible and sensible to alter
src/gnuwin32/INSTALL and src/gnuwin332/README.packages in the following way:

Citation (emphasized words enclosed by ***):

BEWARE: `Native' ports of make are _not_ suitable (including that at
the mingw site).  There were also problems with several earlier
versions of the cygwin tools and dll.  To avoid frustration, please
use our tool set, and make sure it is at the front of ***your path***
(including before the Windows system directories).

Proposal:
Change ***your path*** and at the other places of its occurence in the two
documents into ***your system variables path***.

Reason:
***your path*** could be misinterpreted as the ***user path*** that might
contain Windows system directories, too. Hence, it should be made clearer
that is the path in *system variables* that matters.

What is your opinion on this issue, Prof. Ripley? Would it make sense in
your eyes, too? If so, I stand up to volunteer by applying these changes and
send you the two files off-line.

Best Regards,
Bernhard
  


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