[Rd] Incorrect bug report (PR#6731)
Prof Brian Ripley
ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
Fri Apr 2 20:14:17 CEST 2004
What the manual actually says is
(using Rdindex() from package tools)
whereas the NEWS file says
o R CMD Rdindex has been removed.
which is not the same thing at all. Rdindex was a script and Rdindex()
is an R function.
Please do read very carefully the section in the R FAQ about reporting
BUGS.
On Fri, 2 Apr 2004 lanny at cisco.com wrote:
> Full_Name: Lanny Ripple
> Version: 1.8.1
> OS: Solaris 2.8
> Submission from: (NULL) (128.107.253.42)
>
>
> The "Writing R Extensions" manual states that an INDEX file will be
> created with Rdindex if the file is not provided. The NEWS document
> indicates that Rdindex was removed in version 1.8.0 (UTILITIES section).
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