packrat::bundle() should not copy in lib-R folder contents
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Description
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One thing I've noticed is that lib-R contains symlinks when created (using packrat::init), but the bundling process (using packrat::bundle(include.lib=TRUE)) ends up packing up the actual files that the symlinks point to.
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Reproduce the issue with packrat::init followed by packrat::bundle(include.lib=TRUE), focusing on the lib-R directory and its symlinks. Inspect how bundle handles the files referenced by those links; done means the bundle retains the symlinks without copying their target contents.
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- Tech stack
- r
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- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
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- Stale
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