[R] Namespace problem with pre-R 3.0.0 package

[Sebastien Moretti]

Le 03/03/2016 03:02 PM, Marc Schwartz a écrit :
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>> On Mar 3, 2016, at 7:40 AM, Sebastien Moretti <sebastien.moretti at unil.ch> wrote:
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>> Hi
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>> I have issues with an R package developed in 2004.
>> It works perfectly in R < 3.
>> It can be installed in R > 3 but functions are not in the namespace.
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>> Do you know a good - and simple - documentation to help me to solve that?
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>> I have already fixed some problems with R CMD check but remaining ones are less trivial.
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>> Regards
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>> Sébastien Moretti
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> Hi,
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> First, this is really more of a question for R-package-devel:
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>    https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel)
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> not R-Help. :-)
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> Starting with R 3.0.0 (April of 2013), NAMESPACE files for packages were mandatory, whereas before that, they were optional. That is the primary issue.
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> If the original package author/maintainer has ceased to update the package, thus not available to assist, the primary documentation that you would need is in the R-Exts manual, specifically:
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>    https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-devel/R-exts.html#Package-namespaces
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> Depending upon the residual errors that you are getting, if you can provide additional details so that folks can provide better assistance, subscribe to and post to R-package-devel for further discussion.
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> Regards,
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> Marc Schwartz

Thanks Marc

I will subscribe to R-package-devel and add details to my e-mail.

I have already looked at such documentation but they are really not 
clear for me and my problem.

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Sébastien Moretti