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"malformed DESCRIPTION" error when specifying dest_path #211

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Related to #208

setwd("~/WorkSpace/RPackage/rsahmi/")
pkgbuild::build()
#> ── R CMD build ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
#> * checking for file ‘/tmp/RtmpXoQEYa/build-3b1b105817c962/rsahmi/DESCRIPTION’ ... OK
#> * preparing ‘rsahmi’:
#> * checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... OK
#> * cleaning src
#> * checking for LF line-endings in source and make files and shell scripts
#> * checking for empty or unneeded directories
#> * building ‘rsahmi_0.0.2.9000.tar.gz’
#> [1] "/home/yun/WorkSpace/RPackage/rsahmi_0.0.2.9000.tar.gz"
pak::pak("local::../rsahmi_0.0.2.9000.tar.gz", ask = FALSE)
#> ℹ Loading metadata database
#> ✔ Loading metadata database ... done
#> 
#> 
#> → Will update 1 package.
#> → The package (0 B) is cached.
#> + rsahmi 0.0.2.9000 → 0.0.2.9000 [bld][cmp] + ✖ rustc, ✖ cargo
#> ✖ Missing 2 system packages. You'll probably need to install them manually:
#> + cargo  - rsahmi
#> + rustc  - rsahmi
#> ℹ No downloads are needed, 1 pkg is cached
#> ✔ Got rsahmi 0.0.2.9000 (source) (4.64 MB)
#> ℹ Building rsahmi 0.0.2.9000
#> ✔ Built rsahmi 0.0.2.9000 (9s)
#> ✔ Installed rsahmi 0.0.2.9000 (local) (53ms)
#> ✔ 1 pkg + 59 deps: kept 29, upd 1, dld 1 (4.64 MB) [11.4s]
pkgbuild::build(dest_path = "../rsahmi.tar.gz")
#> ── R CMD build ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
#> * checking for file ‘/tmp/RtmpXoQEYa/build-3b1b106f638af3/rsahmi/DESCRIPTION’ ... OK
#> * preparing ‘rsahmi’:
#> * checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... OK
#> * cleaning src
#> * checking for LF line-endings in source and make files and shell scripts
#> * checking for empty or unneeded directories
#> * building ‘rsahmi_0.0.2.9000.tar.gz’
#> [1] "../rsahmi.tar.gz"
pak::pak("local::../rsahmi.tar.gz", ask = FALSE)
#> Error: ! error in pak subprocess
#> Caused by error: 
#> ! Could not solve package dependencies:
#> * local::../rsahmi.tar.gz: ! pkgdepends resolution error for local::../rsahmi.tar.gz.
#> Caused by error: 
#> ! Line starting 'rsahmi/DESCRIPTION ...' is malformed!

Created on 2025-06-09 with reprex v2.1.0

Session info
sessioninfo::session_info()
#> ─ Session info ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
#>  setting  value
#>  version  R version 4.4.2 (2024-10-31)
#>  os       Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS
#>  system   x86_64, linux-gnu
#>  ui       X11
#>  language en
#>  collate  C.UTF-8
#>  ctype    C.UTF-8
#>  tz       Asia/Shanghai
#>  date     2025-06-09
#>  pandoc   3.1.3 @ /usr/bin/ (via rmarkdown)
#> 
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#>  glue          1.8.0      2024-09-30 [1] CRAN (R 4.4.2)
#>  htmltools     0.5.8.1    2024-04-04 [1] CRAN (R 4.4.0)
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#>  lifecycle     1.0.4      2023-11-07 [1] CRAN (R 4.4.0)
#>  magrittr      2.0.3      2022-03-30 [1] CRAN (R 4.4.0)
#>  pak           0.9.0.9000 2025-06-09 [1] local
#>  pkgbuild      1.4.8.9000 2025-06-09 [1] Github (r-lib/pkgbuild@d2666a8)
#>  processx      3.8.6      2025-02-21 [1] CRAN (R 4.4.2)
#>  ps            1.9.1      2025-04-12 [1] CRAN (R 4.4.2)
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#>  R.utils       2.12.3     2023-11-18 [1] CRAN (R 4.4.0)
#>  R6            2.6.1      2025-02-15 [1] CRAN (R 4.4.2)
#>  reprex        2.1.0      2024-01-11 [1] CRAN (R 4.4.0)
#>  rlang         1.1.6      2025-04-11 [1] CRAN (R 4.4.2)
#>  rmarkdown     2.29       2024-11-04 [1] CRAN (R 4.4.2)
#>  sessioninfo   1.2.2      2021-12-06 [1] CRAN (R 4.4.0)
#>  styler        1.10.3     2024-04-07 [1] CRAN (R 4.4.0)
#>  vctrs         0.6.5      2023-12-01 [1] CRAN (R 4.4.0)
#>  withr         3.0.2      2024-10-28 [1] CRAN (R 4.4.2)
#>  xfun          0.52       2025-04-02 [1] CRAN (R 4.4.2)
#>  yaml          2.3.10     2024-07-26 [1] CRAN (R 4.4.2)
#> 
#>  [1] /home/yun/Rlibrary/4.4
#>  [2] /usr/local/lib/R/site-library
#>  [3] /usr/lib/R/site-library
#>  [4] /usr/lib/R/library
#> 
#> ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

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