Copy base .mo files to translations package, even when DESCRIPTION exists; PR#18694, Michael Chirico

git-svn-id: https://svn.r-project.org/R/trunk@87266 00db46b3-68df-0310-9c12-caf00c1e9a41

Author: lawrence

doc/NEWS.Rd

@@ -281,6 +281,10 @@
 
   \subsection{BUG FIXES}{
     \itemize{
+      \item \code{update_pkg_po()} now copies \file{.mo} files to the
+      \pkg{translation} package even if a \file{DESCRIPTION} file
+      exists, thanks to \I{Michael Chirico} fixing \PR{18694}.
+      
       \item Auto-generated \code{citation()} entries no longer include
       (additional) URLs in the \samp{note} field (\PR{18547}).
 

src/library/tools/R/translations.R

@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ update_pkg_po <- function(pkgdir, pkg = NULL, version = NULL,
         if (missing(copyright)) copyright <- NULL
         if (missing(bugs))	bugs <- NULL
         stem <- file.path("inst", "po")
-    } else { # A base package
+    }
+    if (is.null(pkg) || pkg %in% .get_standard_package_names()$base) { # A base package
         pkg <- basename(pkgdir)
         name <- "R"
         version <- as.character(getRversion())