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ellis@stat.harvard.edu

2003-Oct-03 03:32 UTC

[Rd] Leaving 'Package:' out of description deletes entire library (PR#4398)

Full_Name: Byron Ellis
Version: R-devel (1.8.0)
OS: OS X
Submission from: (NULL) (209.150.60.78)


I recently left out the 'Package' field out of the DESCRIPTION file
(yes, I know
about package.skeleton() ) only to discover that when you leave this out R CMD
INSTALL fails and _deletes the entire library_:

bash-2.05a$ R CMD INSTALL twclust
* Installing *source* package '' ...
Error in .installPackageDescription(".",
"/Users/bellis/sandbox/R/library/") :
        required fields missing from DESCRIPTION: Package
Execution halted
ERROR: installing package DESCRIPTION failed
** Removing '/Users/bellis/sandbox/R/library/'

R devel - Oct 2003 - Leaving 'Package:' out of description deletes entire library (PR#4398)

[Rd] Leaving 'Package:' out of description deletes entire library (PR#4398)