[Rd] R-devel (rev 76409) fails 'make check': non-generic function 'isSymmetric' given to findMethods()

[Benjamin Tyner]

Looks fixed as of revision 76417; thanks Brian!

On 4/21/19 9:02 PM, Benjamin Tyner wrote:
> Duncan that does indeed look to be the case. Many thanks!
>
> In particular, tests/reg-tests-1d.R optionally loads the Matrix 
> namespace which allows the test to succeed. Compare:
>
>    ~/R-rc_2019-04-21_r76409/bin/Rscript -e "options(warn=2);
>    library(Matrix); res <- findMethods('isSymmetric'); print('success')"
>    [1] "success"
>
> versus
>
>    ~/R-rc_2019-04-21_r76409/bin/Rscript -e "options(warn=2); res <-
>    findMethods('isSymmetric'); print('success')"
>    Error in findMethods("isSymmetric") :
>       (converted from warning) non-generic function 'isSymmetric' given
>    to findMethods()
>    Execution halted
>
>
> On 4/21/19 7:47 PM, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
>>
>> Likely the problem is that you don't have the recommended packages 
>> loaded.  When I was running tests regularly, they were required. 
>> Later, I think they became optional.  Perhaps a new test has been 
>> added that once again assumes the required packages are installed.
>>
>> Duncan Murdoch
>>