The NEWS for R 2.3.0 states that
"R CMD check works for packages whose package name is different from the
directory name in which it is located."
However that hasn't been my experience. I ran R CMD check on package sources
located in a directory with the same name as the package and it worked as
expected. Then I renamed the directory and tried again. The first attempt got
stuck when checking installation, so I tried again with option --no-install but
it got stuck on checking for missing documentation entries. I can't see a
way of getting round this. Perhaps I have misunderstood the NEWS? I can't
find this behaviour documented elsewhere.
R CMD check output given at the end,
Thanks,
Heather
## original
D:\gnm>RCMD CHECK gnm
RCMD CHECK gnm
* checking for working latex ... OK
* using log directory 'd:/gnm/gnm.Rcheck'
* using Version 2.3.1 (2006-06-01)
* checking for file 'gnm/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
* this is package 'gnm' version '0.8-5'
* checking package dependencies ... OK
* checking if this is a source package ... WARNING
Subdirectory 'gnm/src' contains object files.
* checking whether package 'gnm' can be installed ... OK
* checking package directory ... OK
* checking for portable file names ... OK
* checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... OK
* checking top-level files ... OK
* checking index information ... OK
* checking package subdirectories ... OK
* checking R files for syntax errors ... OK
* checking R files for library.dynam ... OK
* checking S3 generic/method consistency ... OK
* checking replacement functions ... OK
* checking foreign function calls ... OK
* checking Rd files ... OK
* checking for missing documentation entries ... OK
* checking for code/documentation mismatches ... OK
* checking Rd \usage sections ... OK
* checking for CRLF line endings in C/C++/Fortran sources/headers ... OK
* checking for portable compilation flags in Makevars ... OK
* creating gnm-Ex.R ... OK
* checking examples ... OK
* checking tests ...
## some differences cut out to save space here
OK
make[1]: Leaving directory `/cygdrive/d/gnm/gnm.Rcheck/tests'
OK
* checking package vignettes in 'inst/doc' ... OK
* creating gnm-manual.tex ... OK
* checking gnm-manual.tex ... OK
WARNING: There was 1 warning, see
d:/gnm/gnm.Rcheck/00check.log
for details
## first attempt with renamed directory
D:\gnm>RCMD CHECK gnm2
* checking for working latex ... OK
* using log directory 'D:/gnm/gnm2.Rcheck'
* using Version 2.3.1 (2006-06-01)
* checking for file 'gnm2/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
* this is package 'gnm' version '0.8-5'
* checking package dependencies ... OK
* checking if this is a source package ... WARNING
Subdirectory 'gnm2/src' contains object files.
* checking whether package 'gnm' can be installed ... ERROR
Installation failed.
See 'D:/gnm/gnm2.Rcheck/00install.out' for details.
## D:/gnm/gnm2.Rcheck/00install.out
installing R.css in D:/gnm/gnm2.Rcheck
---------- Making package gnm2 ------------
adding build stamp to DESCRIPTION
installing NAMESPACE file and metadata
making DLL ...
windres --include-dir c:/R/tex/R-2.3.1/include -i gnm2_res.rc -o gnm2_res.o
gcc -shared -s -o gnm2.dll gnm2.def gnm.o gnm2_res.o -Lc:/R/tex/R-2.3.1/bin
-Lc:/R/tex/R-2.3.1/bin -lRblas -lg2c -lR
... DLL made
installing DLL
installing R files
installing demos
installing inst files
installing data files
installing man source files
installing indices
Error in .find.package(package, lib.loc, verbose = verbose) :
there is no package called 'gnm2'
Execution halted
make[2]: *** [indices] Error 1
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make: *** [pkg-gnm2] Error 2
*** Installation of gnm2 failed ***
Removing 'D:/gnm/gnm2.Rcheck/gnm2'
## Second attempt
D:\gnm>RCMD CHECK gnm2 --no-install
* checking for working latex ... OK
* using log directory 'D:/gnm/gnm2.Rcheck'
* using Version 2.3.1 (2006-06-01)
* checking for file 'gnm2/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
* this is package 'gnm' version '0.8-5'
* checking if this is a source package ... WARNING
Subdirectory 'gnm2/src' contains object files.
* checking package directory ... OK
* checking for portable file names ... OK
* checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... OK
* checking top-level files ... OK
* checking index information ... OK
* checking package subdirectories ... OK
* checking R files for syntax errors ... OK
* checking R files for library.dynam ... OK
* checking S3 generic/method consistency ... OK
* checking replacement functions ... OK
* checking foreign function calls ... OK
* checking Rd files ... OK
* checking Rd cross-references ... OK
* checking for missing documentation entries ... ERROR
Error: there is no package called 'gnm2'
