[R-pkg-devel] winbuilder - missing global definitions / error in example latex code stdout

[Uwe Ligges]

On 20.01.2016 08:42, Sven E. Templer wrote:
> Hello everybody,
>
> i uploaded a package to the win-builder.r-project.org (R-devel) and received a 00check.log that NOTifiEs about missing visible global functions. Please see
> http://win-builder.r-project.org/WZnnzaSqBse4/00check.log
> at the lines following:
> * checking R code for possible problems ... NOTE
>
> This is not happening on local Darwin and Linux (64bit) (R 3.2.3) checks, nor on the win-builder R-release, e.g. see
> http://win-builder.r-project.org/a83iezxtXSg4/00check.log
>
> Despite, on both win-builder checks, I recognized errors (not on local Darwin and Linux) running examples that print latex code (see the logs from above).
>
> Two questions:
>
> a) Is the 'missing global functions' issue in win-builder R-devel a planned change in the R future release, so one will need to import base functions in future, or is it an unsolved issue in the developmental stage?


No, this is a new and important check that we forgot in previous 
releases of R. Hence R-release is wrong not to warn about it.


> b) Is it (also for Linux and Darwin) suggested to '\dontrun{}' examples with standard output (esp. in latex code)?

No, it is suggested not to hardcode paths such as "/tmp" that are not 
available under, e.g., Windows. You can write to tempdir().

Best,
Uwe Ligges


>
> Many thanks for enlightening me,
> Sven
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