R devel - Feb 2011 - R 2.13.0 on Windows: R CMD check and '"du"' not found

FYI, I'm sure the following is a temporary issue, but in case it slips
through, I want to raise it here.  On Windows 7 64-bit, running Rcmd
check on R devel gives:

 * using R version 2.13.0 Under development (unstable) (2011-02-11 r54330)
* using platform: x86_64-pc-mingw32 (64-bit)
* using session charset: ISO8859-1
* checking for file 'aroma.core/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
* this is package 'aroma.core' version '1.9.4'
* checking package dependencies ... OK
* checking if this is a source package ... OK
* checking for executable files ... OK
* checking whether package 'aroma.core' can be installed ... OK
* checking installed package size ...Error in system2("du", , TRUE,
TRUE) : '"du"' not found
Execution halted

That is, the 'du' (disk usage) executable is missing.

I've verified that installing the latest Rtools
[http://www.murdoch-sutherland.com/Rtools/Rtools212.exe] does not
solve it (=it does not contain 'du').  BTW, is there a way to know
when Rtools have been updated relative to the version you already have
installed?

/Henrik

PS. Placing the 'du.exe' executable of UnxTools
(http://sourceforge.net/projects/unxutils/) in the bin/ directory of
Rtools (e.g. C:/Rtools/bin/) provides a workaround.

> sessionInfo()
R version 2.13.0 Under development (unstable) (2011-02-11 r54330)
Platform: x86_64-pc-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)

locale:
[1] LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252
[2] LC_CTYPE=English_United States.1252
[3] LC_MONETARY=English_United States.1252
[4] LC_NUMERIC=C
[5] LC_TIME=English_United States.1252

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base

On 11-02-12 4:57 PM, Henrik Bengtsson wrote:
> FYI, I'm sure the following is a temporary issue, but in case it slips
> through, I want to raise it here.  On Windows 7 64-bit, running Rcmd
> check on R devel gives:
I think you need version r54335 or newer to avoid this error.

>
>   * using R version 2.13.0 Under development (unstable) (2011-02-11 r54330)
> * using platform: x86_64-pc-mingw32 (64-bit)
> * using session charset: ISO8859-1
> * checking for file 'aroma.core/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
> * this is package 'aroma.core' version '1.9.4'
> * checking package dependencies ... OK
> * checking if this is a source package ... OK
> * checking for executable files ... OK
> * checking whether package 'aroma.core' can be installed ... OK
> * checking installed package size ...Error in system2("du", ,
TRUE,
> TRUE) : '"du"' not found
> Execution halted
>
> That is, the 'du' (disk usage) executable is missing.
>
> I've verified that installing the latest Rtools
> [http://www.murdoch-sutherland.com/Rtools/Rtools212.exe] does not
> solve it (=it does not contain 'du').  BTW, is there a way to know
> when Rtools have been updated relative to the version you already have
> installed?
I usually put news on the page when I update them, but I don't send out 
notices.  Aren't there services to monitor a page and notify you of changes?

>
> /Henrik
>
> PS. Placing the 'du.exe' executable of UnxTools
> (http://sourceforge.net/projects/unxutils/) in the bin/ directory of
> Rtools (e.g. C:/Rtools/bin/) provides a workaround.
I'll see about adding it with the next update.

Duncan Murdoch
>
>
>> sessionInfo()
> R version 2.13.0 Under development (unstable) (2011-02-11 r54330)
> Platform: x86_64-pc-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)
>
> locale:
> [1] LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252
> [2] LC_CTYPE=English_United States.1252
> [3] LC_MONETARY=English_United States.1252
> [4] LC_NUMERIC=C
> [5] LC_TIME=English_United States.1252
>
> attached base packages:
> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
>
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