[Rd] R-2.6.0 package check problems

[Uwe Ligges]

Robin Hankin wrote:
> Hello
> 
> 
> One of my packages, untb_1.3-2, passes R CMD check under
> MacOSX (and apparently the systems used in the package check
> summary page on CRAN) but fails with the following message on
> R-2.6.0.tgz compiled last night on my (home) linux box.  I hasten
> to add that I have never seen this error before on home-compiled
> pre-releases of R-2.6.0.
> 
> Can anyone help me understand what is going on?


- I only see version 1.3-0 of your package passing the checks on CRAN.
- Do you have set R_LIBS inappropriate for your new R version or are you 
using some other binary packages compiled with a former version of R?

Uwe





> 
> localhost:~/scratch%R CMD check untb_1.3-2.tgz
> 
> [snip]
> 
> creating untb-Ex.R ... OK
> * checking examples ... ERROR
> Running examples in 'untb-Ex.R' failed.
> The error most likely occurred in:
> 
>  > ### * butterflies
>  >
>  > flush(stderr()); flush(stdout())
>  >
>  > ### Name: butterflies
>  > ### Title: abundance data for butterflies
>  > ### Aliases: butterflies butterfly
>  > ### Keywords: datasets
>  >
>  > ### ** Examples
>  >
>  > data(butterflies)
>  > plot(butterflies, uncertainty=TRUE)
> Error in log(theta) :
>    could not find symbol "base" in environment of the generic function
> Calls: plot ... optimal.theta -> optimize -> <Anonymous> -> f -> log
> Execution halted
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> localhost:~/scratch%R
>  > sessionInfo()
> R version 2.6.0 (2007-10-03)
> i686-pc-linux-gnu
> 
> locale:
> LC_CTYPE=en_US;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=en_US;LC_COLLATE=en_US;LC_MONETARY=e 
> n_US;LC_
> MESSAGES=en_US;LC_PAPER=en_US;LC_NAME=C;LC_ADDRESS=C;LC_TELEPHONE=C;LC_M 
> EASUREME
> NT=en_US;LC_IDENTIFICATION=C
> 
> attached base packages:
> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
> 
> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
> [1] rcompgen_0.1-15
>  > R.version
>                 _
> platform       i686-pc-linux-gnu
> arch           i686
> os             linux-gnu
> system         i686, linux-gnu
> status
> major          2
> minor          6.0
> year           2007
> month          10
> day            03
> svn rev        43063
> language       R
> version.string R version 2.6.0 (2007-10-03)
>  >
>  >
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Robin Hankin
> Uncertainty Analyst
> National Oceanography Centre, Southampton
> European Way, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK
>   tel  023-8059-7743
> 
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