[Rd] R 3.2.4 rc issue

[Dirk Eddelbuettel]

I generally run 'make; make check' (with more settings) when building the
Debian package.  Running 3.2.4 rc from last night, I see a lot of package
loading issues during 'make check'.  Here is splines as one examples:

checking package 'splines'
* using log directory '/build/r-base-3.2.3.20160303/tests/splines.Rcheck'
* using R version 3.2.4 RC (2016-03-02 r70270)
* using platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)
* using session charset: ASCII
* using option '--no-build-vignettes'
* looks like 'splines' is a base package
* skipping installation test
* checking package directory ... OK
* checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... OK
* checking top-level files ... OK
* checking for left-over files ... OK
* checking index information ... OK
* checking package subdirectories ... OK
* checking whether the package can be loaded ... OK
* checking whether the package can be loaded with stated dependencies ... OK
* checking whether the package can be unloaded cleanly ... OK
* checking whether the namespace can be loaded with stated dependencies ... OK
* checking whether the namespace can be unloaded cleanly ... OK
* checking S3 generic/method consistency ... OK
* checking replacement functions ... OK
* checking foreign function calls ... OK
* checking R code for possible problems ... OK
* checking Rd files ... OK
* checking Rd metadata ... OK
* checking Rd cross-references ... WARNING
Unknown package 'Matrix' in Rd xrefs
* checking for missing documentation entries ... OK
* checking for code/documentation mismatches ... OK
* checking Rd \usage sections ... OK
* checking Rd contents ... OK
* checking compiled code ... OK
* checking examples ... SKIPPED
* checking tests ...
  Running 'spline-tst.R'
 ERROR
Running the tests in 'tests/spline-tst.R' failed.
Last 13 lines of output:
  > proc.time()
     user  system elapsed 
    2.272   0.020   2.291 
  > 
  > ###----------------- sparse / dense   interpSpline() ---------------------------
  > 
  > ## from  help(interpSpline) -- ../man/interpSpline.Rd
  > ispl <- interpSpline( women$height, women$weight)
  > isp. <- interpSpline( women$height, women$weight, sparse=TRUE)
  Error in splineDesign(knots, x, ord, derivs, sparse = sparse) : 
    splineDesign(*, sparse=TRUE) needs package 'Matrix' correctly installed
  Calls: interpSpline -> interpSpline.default -> splineDesign
  Execution halted
* checking PDF version of manual ... OK
* DONE

Status: 1 ERROR, 1 WARNING
See
  '/build/r-base-3.2.3.20160303/tests/splines.Rcheck/00check.log'
for details.


Did something change in requirements?

Dirk

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