[Rd] NOTE: unstated dependencies in examples

Uwe Ligges ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de
Thu Oct 13 17:34:16 CEST 2011


I looked at the code and since this is not that trivial to change, I 
think we can well live with typing

grep -r gplots ./man

which is not too hard to run on the source package, I believe.

Best wishes,
Uwe




On 13.10.2011 03:00, Yihui Xie wrote:
> You have this in Jevons.Rd:
>
> # show as balloonplots
>
> if (require(gplots)) {
>
>
> and this in Snow.Rd:
>
> %\dontrun{
>
> library(sp)
>
>
> It will certainly be helpful if R CMD check can provide more
> informative messages (in this case, e.g, point out the Rd files).
>
> Regards,
> Yihui
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> On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 11:33 AM, Michael Friendly<friendly at yorku.ca>  wrote:
>> Using R 2.13.1, I am now getting the following NOTE when I run R CMD check
>> on my HistData
>> package
>>
>> * checking for unstated dependencies in examples ... NOTE
>> 'library' or 'require' calls not declared from:
>>   gplots sp
>>
>> Under R 2.12.x, I didn't get these notes.
>>
>> I have ~ 25 .Rd files in this package, and AFAICS, every example uses
>> library or require for the
>> functions used;  the DESCRIPTION file has the long list of Suggests, which
>> previously was sufficient
>> for packages used in examples.
>>
>> Suggests: gtools, KernSmooth, maps, ggplot2, proto, grid, reshape, plyr,
>> lattice, ReadImages, car
>>
>> But I have no way to find the .Rd file(s) that triggered this note.
>>
>>   What is the tool used in R CMD check to make this diagnosis?  It would be
>> better
>> if this reported the .Rd file(s) that triggered this note.
>> Is it possible that this note could be specious?
>>
>> -Michael
>>
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