repos_upload - failed to copy built package to CRAN repo
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Description
When the code of a package is updated and repos_upload is used to upload the package to a local CRAN-like repo, in which an earlier version of the package code exists, I get the error "failed to copy built package to CRAN repo", but no other explanation.
However, if the existing package in the local CRAN-like repo is deleted before calling repos_upload, the package uploads without errors.
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Research direction
Start at the repos_upload entry point and reproduce the failure with an older package version already present in a local CRAN-like repository. Compare that run with one where the existing package is deleted, then trace the reported copy failure. Done means repos_upload handles an existing package correctly or reports the underlying cause clearly.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- r
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100