R help - Jan 2011 - Where is a package NEWS.Rd located?

Hopefully a quick question.  My package has a NEWS.Rd file that is not
being found by "news".

The "news" function calls "tools:::.build_news_db" which has
this line:

nfile <- file.path(dir, "inst", "NEWS.Rd")

So it appears that the "news" function is searching for
"mypackage/inst/NEWS.Rd".

However, "Writing R extensions" says "The contents of the inst
subdirectory will be copied recursively to the installation directory"

During the installation, mypackage/inst/NEWS.Rd is copied into the
"mypackage" directory, not "mypackage/inst".

What am I doing wrong, or is this a bug?

Kevin Wright



-- 
Kevin Wright

If you look at tools:::.build_news_db, the plain text NEWS file is
searched for in pkg/NEWS and pkg/inst/NEWS, but NEWS.Rd in only
searched for in pkg/inst/NEWS.Rd.

Looks like a bug to me.

I *think*.

Thanks,

Kevin


On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 7:09 AM, Kevin Wright <kw.stat at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hopefully a quick question. ?My package has a NEWS.Rd file that is not
> being found by "news".
>
> The "news" function calls "tools:::.build_news_db"
which has this line:
>
> nfile <- file.path(dir, "inst", "NEWS.Rd")
>
> So it appears that the "news" function is searching for
> "mypackage/inst/NEWS.Rd".
>
> However, "Writing R extensions" says "The contents of the
inst
> subdirectory will be copied recursively to the installation directory"
>
> During the installation, mypackage/inst/NEWS.Rd is copied into the
> "mypackage" directory, not "mypackage/inst".
>
> What am I doing wrong, or is this a bug?
>
> Kevin Wright
>
>
>
> --
> Kevin Wright
>


-- 
Kevin Wright