This is pretty clearly a problem in texi2dvi (which is part of MiKTeX), not in R, since the line passed is
texi2dvi --pdf --texinfo="@set UseExternalXrefs " R-FAQ.texi I get This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.4 (MiKTeX 2.6) entering extended mode (c:\DOCUME~1\ripley\LOCALS~1\Temp\mik54358\_xtr\R-FAQ.texi (C:\packages\miktex2.6\tex\texinfo\base\texinfo.tex ... I think your TMP variable is set to a Cygwin-style path, although when I experimented with that MiKTeX dropped back to c:\TEMP. On Fri, 31 Aug 2007, Duncan Murdoch wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Hello. >> >> I am in a habit of compiling daily snapshots of R-devel and R-patched on my >> Windows XP workstation. I have cygwin environment with up-to-date RTools >> and MiKTeX. I run cygwin and MiKTeX upadaters pretty often (every couple >> of days) so both of them are reasonably current. >> >> Recently I noticed a small annoyance when compiling R-dvel. It started >> happening right after I updated to the new version of RTools (containing >> MinGW 4.2.1-sjlj compilers). Everything else stayed the same with possible >> exception of MiKTeX update. But there was a change to use texi2dvi if present a couple of weeks ago. >> I usually just type "make distribution" to compile everything. The >> compilation itself goes smoothly. Then the PDF version of the reference >> manual is created. Then I see this: >> >> ... >> Output written on refman.pdf (1563 pages, 7869936 bytes). >> Transcript written on refman.log. >> creating doc/manual/version.texi >> texi2dvi --pdf --texinfo="@set UseExternalXrefs " R-FAQ.texi >> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.4 (MiKTeX 2.6) >> entering extended mode >> ! I can't find file `\tmp\t2d6036\xtr\R-FAQ.texi'. >> <*> /tmp/t2d6036/xtr/R-FAQ.texi >> >> Please type another input file name: >> >> Now the file /tmp/t2d6036/xtr/R-FAQ.texi exists at this point is not empty >> and has usual protection codes. I tried different versions of back and >> front slashes, double backslashes, etc., but to no avail. I was getting >> the same message - the file cannot be found. The only thing that works is >> the plain file name. That is, if I just type (or copy and paste) the >> string R-FAQ.texi everything works fine. This happens three times for >> every manual (except the refman). After that the compilation ends >> normally, the windows installer is created and, when I run the installer, I >> get everything working correctly including PDFs of the manuals. >> >> It looks to me like the /tmp/t2d6036/xtr/ part of the name gets already >> pre-pended to whatever name the make process provides so it expects just >> the file name. Alternatively, something changed in my MiKTeX setup due to >> updates. However, the refman compiles properly and I can also compile >> other LaTeX with no apparent problems. >> >> Thanks in advance, > > How do you have your temp directory set? I'm not sure if it's R or one > of the build tools that's important here, so it's worth looking at all > environment variables TMPDIR, TEMP, TMP, etc. > > Are you running the build in Cygwin, or in a Windows CMD window? I use > Cygwin (not quite so current as yours) and don't see this error. > > Duncan Murdoch > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > -- Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
