R help - Oct 2009 - Unsuccessful in reproducing README file in package build .zip and R library installed package folder

My OS is Windows XP. 

"Writing R Extensions", Section 1.1 states "?README? or
?ChangeLog? will be ignored by R, but may be useful to

end-users."? I see examples of README files in packages grDevices folder
afm and nlme folder mlbook.


The README file was placed at the top level of the package source folder, after
the DESCRIPTION file.

After running R CMD check, build, and INSTALL --build, the README file was found
in the tar.gz file.? However,

it was not found in the zip file, the package Rcheck folder, and the R library
package folder.


How is the README put into build such that it is reproduced in the R library
installed package folder?


Bill Morphet, Ph.D.

[Going through some old and from what I see unanswered messages

See Writing R Extensions: The contents of subdirectory ./inst will be 
copied to top level during package installation (i.e. also for making 
binary packages).

Best wishes,
Uwe Ligges



morphwj at comcast.net wrote:
> My OS is Windows XP. 
> 
> "Writing R Extensions", Section 1.1 states "?README? or
?ChangeLog? will be ignored by R, but may be useful to
> 
> end-users."  I see examples of README files in packages grDevices
folder afm and nlme folder mlbook.
> 
> 
> The README file was placed at the top level of the package source folder,
after the DESCRIPTION file.
> 
> After running R CMD check, build, and INSTALL --build, the README file was
found in the tar.gz file.  However,
> 
> it was not found in the zip file, the package Rcheck folder, and the R
library package folder.
> 
> 
> How is the README put into build such that it is reproduced in the R
library installed package folder?
> 
> 
> Bill Morphet, Ph.D.
> 
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