add binary package infrastructure (avoid errors when 'type != "source") about drat

[eddelbuettel]

That sounds like a lightweight way to make a warning go away, so yes.

In general, I think of drat as supporting a source-based workflow. We support binaries if folks want them, but it is usually an extra (or different) step. What you suggest seems to plug a hole, so 👍

Thanks also for discussing first, especially as I've howling at another PR submitter all week to pretty-please discuss first (which he seems to abhor ...)

[csgillespie]

Sorry @eddelbuettel I referenced the wrong issue in that commit and I'm having trouble removing the reference.

[eddelbuettel]

Would you be willing to accept a PR that created skeletons for these paths?

I would. Do you still have spare cycles to write one?

[FelixErnst]

I got a branch to fix this. See https://github.com/FelixErnst/drat/tree/initRepo

[eddelbuettel]

This can be closed, the lack of following suggests the issue is addressed. If more is needed please reopen and ideally demonstrate with small reproducible examples why.

(This got fixed by @FelixErnst last year with a few really decent PRs.)