R devel - Jan 2012 - configure-args for R CMD build

When I build a package containing a vignette, the package gets
installed to build the vignette.  However, it appears that R CMD build
does not allow for --configure-args.  In my case, I have a C library
installed in a non-standard position, and I need to tell the package
where it is.  It works fine with R CMD INSTALL, but R CMD build
complains

  Warning: unknown option
?--configure-args=--with-graphviz=/Users/khansen/Source/usr?

and the subsequent installation fails with an error.

Suggestion: allow R CMD build to accept --configure-args (and probably
also --configure-vars)

Best,
Kasper

I think you need to enclose the arguments to configure-args in quotes.
i.e.
> --configure-args='--with-graphviz=/Users/khansen/Source/usr'
Greg Finak, Ph.D
Post-doctoral Fellow
Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle, WA


On 2012-01-15, at 7:43 AM, "Kasper Daniel Hansen"
<kasperdanielhansen@gmail.com> wrote:
> When I build a package containing a vignette, the package gets
> installed to build the vignette.  However, it appears that R CMD build
> does not allow for --configure-args.  In my case, I have a C library
> installed in a non-standard position, and I need to tell the package
> where it is.  It works fine with R CMD INSTALL, but R CMD build
> complains
> 
>  Warning: unknown option
> ‘--configure-args=--with-graphviz=/Users/khansen/Source/usr’
> 
> and the subsequent installation fails with an error.
> 
> Suggestion: allow R CMD build to accept --configure-args (and probably
> also --configure-vars)
> 
> Best,
> Kasper
> 
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