[R] Strange build message: request help w/resolving

[Uwe Ligges]

Zajd, John wrote:

> Greetings,
>  
> I am attempting to build a R package, however the build fails and the
> following message is ouput:
>  
> C:\ConstellaGroup\EPA\RAGG\package>R CMD BUILD --binary --force RAGG
> * checking for file 'RAGG/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
> * preparing 'RAGG':
> * checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... ERROR
> Error in if (regexpr(dep_regexp, dep) == -1) { :
>         missing value where TRUE/FALSE needed
> Execution halted
> 
> 
> The DESCRIPTION file is as follows:
> 
> Package: RAGG
> 
> Title: Aggregation Tool for CMAQ gridded model data
> 
> Version: 1.5
> 
> Date: 2004-08-23
> 
> Author: Nathan Shackles <nshackles at constellagroup.com>, ported from SAS code
> written by Renee Jaramillo <rjaramillo at constellagroup.com>
> 
> Description: The RAGG package performs aggregation of gridded CMAQ model
> data. The pacakge reads event data from Models3 IO-API files and outputs the
> aggregated annual data in Models3 IO-API file(s). 
> 
> Aggegation came about as a means to provide CMAQ-based estimates of total
> annual deposition and average annual concentrations. CMAQ is an episodic
> model requiring detailed meteorological and emissions inputs. Because of the
> extensive inputs and the time required to run CMAQ, it would be
> cost-prohibitive to simulate an entire year to estimate annual quantities.
> Aggregation formulas group events into clusters with similar 850-mb windflow
> patters to create annual estimates.
> 
> Maintainer: Nathan Shackles <nshackles at constellagroup.com>
> 
> Depends: Models3
> 
> License: GPL version 2 or newer
> 
> Any help that can be provided is appreciated.

One obvious point:
Continuation lines should begin with a white space (such as a tab). See 
the Writing R Extensions manual for more details.

Uwe Ligges


> Thank you,
> 
> John Zajd
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