[Rd] "Namespace dependencies not required" message

gb gb at stat.umu.se
Mon Sep 20 22:28:08 CEST 2004


On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 04:05:52PM -0400, Warnes, Gregory R wrote:
> 
> I'm still working to add namespace support to some of my packages. I've
> removed the 'Depends'  line from the DESCRIPTION file, and created an
> appropriate NAMESPACE files.
> 
> Strangely, whenever I use 'importFrom(package, function)'  R CMD check
> generates "Namespace dependencies not required" warnings .  Without the
> import statements, the warning does not occur, but the code tests fail with
> the expected object not found errors.  
> 
> This occurs with both R 1.9.1 and R 2.0.0.
> 
> So, should are these errors just bogus and I just ignore these errors, or is
> there something I've done wrong with the NAMESPACE or elsewhere?

I had the same problem. I think you must keep the 'Depends' field in
DESCRIPTION file.

Göran 

> 
> -Greg
> 
> Gregory R. Warnes
> Manager, Non-Clinical Statistics
> Pfizer Global Research and Development
> 
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