[R] Re: packaging a package addon

[Liaw, Andy]

> From: Prof Brian Ripley [mailto:ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk] 
> 
> On Thu, 30 Oct 2003, Ross Boylan wrote:
[...]
> > Finally, a comment on R CMD check: perhaps it could produce 
> some more 
> > of the output when things fail?  I found that to diagnose 
> the loading 
> > problems as I developed this, I had to attempt to load the package 
> > myself in R to see what the actual problem was.  There 
> wasn't enough 
> > info in the R CMD check to tell what exactly the problem was.
> 
> I think there usually is, but you have to look in the log 
> file or one of 
> the example files.
> 
> But I would not be doing R CMD check until I had both installed and 
> loaded the package and run a few examples.

I often do what Ross does, just because it's easy to do...

Is it possible to get R to at least print the trackback on error when
checking the package, so there's a bit more info in the log file?

Best,
Andy


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