[Rd] SystemRequirements’ field

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On 12/12/2012 18:33, Paul Gilbert wrote:
> Am I correct in thinking that the ‘SystemRequirements’ field in a
> package DESCRIPTION file is purely descriptive, there are no standard
> elements that can be extracted by parsing it and used automatically?

No.

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