R devel - Sep 2004 - Problems with Rcmd check in rw2000dev

Hola!

I am doing some minimal changes on the package SenSrivastava to make it 
fit for
R2.0.0  (This package passed Rcmd check on earlier versions of R,
and are passing the CRAN daily checks!) I am using
rw2000dev from CRAN. Now i get (running in an Xemacs shell):

installing R.css in C:/R/rw2000dev/src/gnuwin32/SenSrivastava.Rcheck


---------- Making package SenSrivastava ------------
  adding build stamp to DESCRIPTION
  no R files in this package
  installing data files
  installing man source files
  installing indices
Error: restore file may be from a newer version of R -- no data loaded
Execution halted
make[2]: *** [indices] Error 1
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make: *** [pkg-SenSrivastava] Error 2
*** Installation of SenSrivastava failed ***

Removing
'C:/R/rw2000dev/src/gnuwin32/SenSrivastava.Rcheck/SenSrivastava'

Just checked: Running Rcmd check under rw1091 gives exactly the same error.

What does it mean: Error: restore file may be from a newer version of R 
-- no data loaded
especially running under rw2000dev this doesn't seem to make sense!


-- 

Kjetil Halvorsen.

Peace is the most effective weapon of mass construction.
               --  Mahdi Elmandjra

Your subject is I think misleading as you say
> Just checked: Running Rcmd check under rw1091 gives exactly the same error.
So it appears to be a problem with your package.  The version of 
SenSrivastava on CRAN does work for me on current rw2000dev.

On Thu, 16 Sep 2004, Kjetil Brinchmann Halvorsen wrote:
> Hola!
> 
> I am doing some minimal changes on the package SenSrivastava to make it 
> fit for
> R2.0.0  (This package passed Rcmd check on earlier versions of R,
> and are passing the CRAN daily checks!) I am using
> rw2000dev from CRAN. Now i get (running in an Xemacs shell):
> 
> installing R.css in C:/R/rw2000dev/src/gnuwin32/SenSrivastava.Rcheck
> 
> 
> ---------- Making package SenSrivastava ------------
>   adding build stamp to DESCRIPTION
>   no R files in this package
>   installing data files
>   installing man source files
>   installing indices
> Error: restore file may be from a newer version of R -- no data loaded
> Execution halted
> make[2]: *** [indices] Error 1
> make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
> make: *** [pkg-SenSrivastava] Error 2
> *** Installation of SenSrivastava failed ***
> 
> Removing
'C:/R/rw2000dev/src/gnuwin32/SenSrivastava.Rcheck/SenSrivastava'
> 
> Just checked: Running Rcmd check under rw1091 gives exactly the same error.
> 
> What does it mean: Error: restore file may be from a newer version of R 
> -- no data loaded
> especially running under rw2000dev this doesn't seem to make sense!
It means a file which you are asking it to load() cannot be loaded.  Since 
this is in the indices, it means one of your data/*.Rdata files, I 
believe.  What it is actually telling you is that it started reading the 
file and got RD followed by something it did not understand, a format 
reserved for future formats.

My guess is that a binary .RData file has been transferred in text mode.
It's a pity the error message does not tell us the file name.

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