R devel - Sep 2010 - R CMD build cannot create vignettes on Windows if Makefile is used

Hi,

I found the following problem with recent R-devel
(2010-08-26 r52817) on Windows (32-bit and 64-bit):
'R CMD build <pkg>' gets stalled during vignette
creation for packages that have a Makefile in <pkg>/inst/doc.

It seems that the problem is that the commands used in the
Makefile for converting .tex to .pdf are not able to locate
the Sweave.sty file anymore (if I drop this file to
<pkg>/inst/doc, then the problem goes away).

I noticed that the location of Sweave.sty shipped with
R has changed recently (moved from ${R_HOME}/share/texmf
to ${R_HOME}/share/texmf/tex/latex/). Could that be related
to the problem?

I don't see that problem on platforms other than Windows or
with R < 2.12

Thanks,
H.

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Herv? Pag?s

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On 11/09/2010 12:52 AM, Herv? Pag?s wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I found the following problem with recent R-devel
> (2010-08-26 r52817) on Windows (32-bit and 64-bit):
> 'R CMD build <pkg>' gets stalled during vignette
> creation for packages that have a Makefile in <pkg>/inst/doc.
> 
> It seems that the problem is that the commands used in the
> Makefile for converting .tex to .pdf are not able to locate
> the Sweave.sty file anymore (if I drop this file to
> <pkg>/inst/doc, then the problem goes away).
This sounds like a problem that only the package maintainer could 
address.  Presumably it will be temporary:  once they adjust to the new 
organization of the share/texmf directory, things will be fine again.

The reorg is described in this NEWS item:

     * Directory R_HOME/share/texmf now follows the TDS conventions, so
       can be set as a texmf tree ('root directory' in MiKTeX parlance).

Duncan Murdoch
> 
> I noticed that the location of Sweave.sty shipped with
> R has changed recently (moved from ${R_HOME}/share/texmf
> to ${R_HOME}/share/texmf/tex/latex/). Could that be related
> to the problem?
> 
> I don't see that problem on platforms other than Windows or
> with R < 2.12
> 
> Thanks,
> H.
>