Re: [R-pkg-devel] Installing Tests with R Build
On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 4:21 PM, Bill Denney wrote: > Hi, > > I have a package that I'm trying to make a validation vignette for. The > validation vignette is intended to assist users with documentation that the > tests work. > > When running R BUILD now (via Travis CI), I get an error that the build > failed trying to build the vignettes. For R CMD install, I can add > --install-tests. Is there a way to control R BUILD so that the installation > includes test installation? > Put the tests you want to install into a directory inside the inst/ directory (e.g. inst/tests/). That directory will be copied to the top-level of the installed package directory. > Thanks, > > Bill > __ > R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel -- Joshua Ulrich | about.me/joshuaulrich FOSS Trading | www.fosstrading.com R/Finance 2017 | www.rinfinance.com __ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel
Re: [R-pkg-devel] Installing Tests with R Build
On 23 November 2017 at 08:07, Joshua Ulrich wrote: | On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 4:21 PM, Bill Denney wrote: | > I have a package that I'm trying to make a validation vignette for. The validation vignette is intended to assist users with documentation that the tests work. | > | > When running R BUILD now (via Travis CI), I get an error that the build failed trying to build the vignettes. For R CMD install, I can add --install-tests. Is there a way to control R BUILD so that the installation includes test installation? | > | Put the tests you want to install into a directory inside the inst/ | directory (e.g. inst/tests/). That directory will be copied to the | top-level of the installed package directory. Which happens to be the default mode of operations with RUnit. And it is a feature that I happen to _like_ a great deal because it permits testing of the _installed_ package which is something you need in real life when eg some of you system libraries may have change. Dirk -- http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com | @eddelbuettel | e...@debian.org __ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel
Re: [R-pkg-devel] Installing Tests with R Build
Hi Joshua and Dirk,
> On Nov 23, 2017, at 10:17, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
>
>
> On 23 November 2017 at 08:07, Joshua Ulrich wrote:
> | On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 4:21 PM, Bill Denney wrote:
> | > When running R BUILD now (via Travis CI), I get an error that the build
> failed trying to build the vignettes. For R CMD install, I can add
> --install-tests. Is there a way to control R BUILD so that the installation
> includes test installation?
> | >
> | Put the tests you want to install into a directory inside the inst/
> | directory (e.g. inst/tests/).
>
> Which happens to be the default mode of operations with RUnit.
>
> And it is a feature that I happen to _like_ a great deal because it permits
> testing of the _installed_ package which is something you need in real life
> when eg some of you system libraries may have change.
Putting the tests there seems like a very reasonable solution to the immediate
issue. It contravenes the options to install (or not install) tests ("R CMD
INSTALL --install-tests" loses meaning). I'm going to update the structure of
my vignette so that it detects if the tests are there and builds the vignette
based on the existence of the tests (making it say "Please install the tests
following these instructions...").
I'm immediately ok with reworking the directory structure and tests, but I
think it would be preferable long run to:
Have R CMD BUILD gain an --install-args option so that installation arguments
can be controlled (for situations like this and I'm sure others).
Thank you (and Happy Thanksgiving to those celebrating it),
Bill
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