Henrik Bengtsson
2012-Apr-17 21:20 UTC
[Rd] Setting up the NAMESPACE file "automatically" during R CMD build?
Hi, I'd like to compile the NAMESPACE file from a template where things such as S3method() statements are automatically inserted based on code inspection, because doing it by hand is too error prone. I am currently generating a NAMESPACE file this way which I copy to my package root, but I'd like to automate this so it is done when building the *.tar.gz source (during 'R CMD build'), such that is there for building binaries and when installing the package. What is the best way to do this? I was thinking of utilizing a <pkg>/configure script, but as far I understand "Writing R Extensions", that is only run by 'R CMD INSTALL' not 'R CMD build'. Am I asking the wrong question? Thanks, Henrik