I am not expert in this, but I do notice that your .Rbuildignore is actually a link to a file of Kevin Ushey, and I don’t know that CRAN will deal with that correctly. Try instead to create a new .Rbuildignore with the same contents but is not pointer but a file.
HTH, -Roy > On Jul 5, 2025, at 2:12 PM, Reed A. Cartwright <racartwri...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear All, > > I submitted a new package ("ironseed") [1] to CRAN. I am not sure how > to address one feedback message or even what is causing it. It might > be related to Kevin Ushey's R scripts that I am using to configure the > package during installation [2]. The message that I received is below. > > """ > Please ensure that your functions do not write by default or in your > examples/vignettes/tests in the user's home filespace (including the > package directory and getwd()). This is not allowed by CRAN policies. > Please omit any default path in writing functions. In your > examples/vignettes/tests you can write to tempdir(). > -> tools/config.Rtools/config/configure.R > """ > > `tools/config.Rtools/config/configure.R` is not a file in my package. > So I assume that this report is saying that it is being created during > installation, but I can't reproduce it. My package does read and > execute `tools/config/configure.R` during installation, so right now > my guess is that my configure script is somehow creating > `tools/config.Rtools/config/configure.R` when I try to read > `tools/config/configure.R`. Any help figuring this out would be > appreciated. > > [1] https://github.com/reedacartwright/ironseed > [2] https://github.com/kevinushey/configure > > Thanks, > Reed > > -- > Reed A. Cartwright, PhD > Associate Professor of Life Sciences > TEACh Representative - Evolution and Computational Courses > School of Life Sciences and The Biodesign Institute > Arizona State University > ================== > Address: The Biodesign Institute, PO Box 876401, Tempe, AZ 85287-6401 USA > Packages: The Biodesign Institute, 1001 S. McAllister Ave, Tempe, AZ > 85287-6401 USA > Office: Biodesign B-220C, 1-480-965-9949 > Website: http://cartwrig.ht/ > > ______________________________________________ > R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel ______________________________________________ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel