[Rd] trace an Rd conversion error in R cmd check

[Joshua Wiley]

Hi Spencer,

Yes, I have versions that pass, but it is not package specific (i.e.,
I can download other package sources from CRAN and if I run R CMD
check on them, I get the same error).  When I run R CMD check using R
2.13.1 or R 2.13.2 it is fine.  Using either:

compiled from source:
R Under development (unstable) (2011-10-12 r57226)
Platform: x86_64-pc-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)

pre-built binary:
R Under development (unstable) (2011-10-10 r57203)
Platform: x86_64-pc-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)

I get the file error.  I am going to keep poking around and try Bill's
suggestion adding mustWork=TRUE.

Cheers,

Josh

On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 10:12 AM, Spencer Graves
<spencer.graves at prodsyse.com> wrote:
> Hi, Josh:
>
>
>      Have you had a recent version that passed "R CMD check"?  If yes, I
> suggest you save your recent changes then revert to that earlier version and
> add your recent changes back in again one at a time.  I've done that many
> times.  (It's also a major reason I make changes as small as I can and run
> "R CMD check" after each one.  Then if I get something like this I can't
> figure out, there aren't many changes to scan through to find the problem.)
>
>
>      Hope this helps.
>      Spencer
>
>
> On 10/12/2011 4:10 AM, Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
>>
>> R CMD check is R code: you can run the R code for yourself using R's
>> debugging facilities.  In this case start with 'R CMD Rd2pdf pkg-name'
>> (which should give the same error, as that is what R CMD check calls),
>> then run that R code directly (there are comments in the code in
>> R-devel about how to do so).
>>
>> On Wed, 12 Oct 2011, Joshua Wiley wrote:
>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> Apologies if this is a very naive question.  Is there a way to see the
>>> particular Rd file being processed right before a warning/error
>>> occurs?  As far as I can tell, all my .Rd files use have names and
>>> titles and they are unique between Rd files (sometimes in a file I use
>>> something like \name{foo} \title{Foo}).  I seem to be able to convert
>>> files to latex using: R CMD Rdconv --type=latex on all my Rd files
>>> without problems.
>>>
>>> Here is the warning and error:
>>>
>>> * checking PDF version of manual ... ERROR
>>> Rd conversion errors:
>>> Warning in file(con, "r") :
>>>  file("") only supports open = "w+" and open = "w+b": using the former
>>> Error : : Sections \title, and \name must exist and be unique in Rd
>>> files
>>>
>>> I am using:
>>>
>>> R Under development (unstable) (2011-10-11 r57214)
>>> Platform: x86_64-pc-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)
>>> on Windows 7 with Rtools 2.14 and MikTeX 2.9
>>>
>>> Any suggestions or pointers to manuals/documentation would be greatly
>>> appreciated.
>>
>> This is far too rare a problem to be documented in detail.
>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Josh
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Joshua Wiley
>>> Ph.D. Student, Health Psychology
>>> Programmer Analyst II, ATS Statistical Consulting Group
>>> University of California, Los Angeles
>>> https://joshuawiley.com/
>>>
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-- 
Joshua Wiley
Ph.D. Student, Health Psychology
Programmer Analyst II, ATS Statistical Consulting Group
University of California, Los Angeles
https://joshuawiley.com/