[Rd] Package 'nlme' fails 'make check-all' in R 2.12.0 patched built from source

Marc Schwartz marc_schwartz at me.com
Fri Oct 15 22:15:52 CEST 2010


On Oct 15, 2010, at 1:44 PM, Prof Brian Ripley wrote:

> Marc,
> 
> For make check-all you may need to set
> 
> setenv _R_CHECK_FORCE_SUGGESTS_ FALSE
> 
> Yes, there is a change in nlme, because packages needed for complete testing are required to be listed in DESCRIPTION: see 'Writing R Extensions'.
> 
> Most of us have that environmnet variable set.
> 
> Brian
> 

<snip>

A quick follow up here. Thanks to Prof. Ripley for the pointer to the above env variable. 

Setting that now obviates the issue and the build now passes 'make check-all'.

And...apologies that I did not have a chance to test/catch this prior to release today.

Thanks much,

Marc



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