R devel - Apr 2004 - make check-all does not find DESCRIPTION for VR packages

When running make check-all on R-1.9.0beta (2004-03-31) built with
pgf77/gcc/g++ on the Opteron (running SLES8), I get four warnings about not
finding the DESCRIPTION files for the packages in the VR bundle; e.g.,

cannot open file `/u1/scratch/R-1.9.0/tests/Packages/VR/spatial/DESCRIPTION'

Error in tools:::.checkPackageDepends(dir
"/u1/scratch/R-1.9.0/tests/Packages/VR/spatial") :
        package directory
'/u1/scratch/R-1.9.0/tests/Packages/VR/spatial'
has no valid DESCRIPTION file
Execution halted
See the information on DESCRIPTION files in section 'Creating R
packages'
of the 'Writing R Extensions' manual.

Has anyone seen the same, or is it just me?

[With tar ztvf src/library/Recommended/VR.tgz, I do see DESCRIPTION.in in
the packages, but no DESCRIPTION.]

Best,
Andy

Andy Liaw, PhD
Biometrics Research      PO Box 2000, RY33-300     
Merck Research Labs           Rahway, NJ 07065
mailto:andy_liaw@merck.com        732-594-0820

Yes, I've seen this (and when checking dse).  It does not happen with R 
CMD check VR (or dse) and is a recent change.   It is being a bit elusive 
....

On Fri, 2 Apr 2004, Liaw, Andy wrote:
> When running make check-all on R-1.9.0beta (2004-03-31) built with
> pgf77/gcc/g++ on the Opteron (running SLES8), I get four warnings about not
> finding the DESCRIPTION files for the packages in the VR bundle; e.g.,
> 
> cannot open file
`/u1/scratch/R-1.9.0/tests/Packages/VR/spatial/DESCRIPTION'
> 
> Error in tools:::.checkPackageDepends(dir >
"/u1/scratch/R-1.9.0/tests/Packages/VR/spatial") :
>         package directory
'/u1/scratch/R-1.9.0/tests/Packages/VR/spatial'
> has no valid DESCRIPTION file
> Execution halted
> See the information on DESCRIPTION files in section 'Creating R
packages'
> of the 'Writing R Extensions' manual.
> 
> Has anyone seen the same, or is it just me?
> 
> [With tar ztvf src/library/Recommended/VR.tgz, I do see DESCRIPTION.in in
> the packages, but no DESCRIPTION.]
And that is correct.

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