[R-pkg-devel] \Sexpr{} expressions but no 'build/partial.rdb' file

[Phil Chalmers]

Hi Duncan,

I use the standard R CMD build/check --as-cran combo. Here's my output from
my Win 10 64-bit box:

C:\Users\Phil\Desktop>C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-devel/bin/x64/R CMD build mirtCAT
* checking for file 'mirtCAT/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
* preparing 'mirtCAT':
* checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... OK
* cleaning src
* installing the package to process help pages
* saving partial Rd database
* creating vignettes ... OK
* cleaning src
* checking for LF line-endings in source and make files and shell scripts
* checking for empty or unneeded directories
* building 'mirtCAT_1.6.tar.gz'


C:\Users\Phil\Desktop>C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-devel/bin/x64/R CMD check
mirtCAT_1.6.tar.gz --as-cran
* using log directory 'C:/Users/Phil/Desktop/mirtCAT.Rcheck'
* using R Under development (unstable) (2017-07-25 r72968)
* using platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32 (64-bit)
* using session charset: ISO8859-1
* using option '--as-cran'
* checking for file 'mirtCAT/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
* checking extension type ... Package
* this is package 'mirtCAT' version '1.6'
* checking CRAN incoming feasibility ... Note_to_CRAN_maintainers
Maintainer: 'Phil Chalmers <rphilip.chalmers at gmail.com>'
* checking package namespace information ... OK
* checking package dependencies ... OK
* checking if this is a source package ... OK
* checking if there is a namespace ... OK
* checking for executable files ... OK
* checking for hidden files and directories ... OK
* checking for portable file names ... OK
* checking whether package 'mirtCAT' can be installed ... OK
* checking installed package size ... OK
* checking package directory ... OK
* checking 'build' directory ... OK
* checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... OK
* checking top-level files ... OK
* checking for left-over files ... OK
* checking index information ... OK
* checking package subdirectories ... OK
* checking R files for non-ASCII characters ... OK
* checking R files for syntax errors ... OK
* checking whether the package can be loaded ... OK
* checking whether the package can be loaded with stated dependencies ... OK
* checking whether the package can be unloaded cleanly ... OK
* checking whether the namespace can be loaded with stated dependencies ...
OK
* checking whether the namespace can be unloaded cleanly ... OK
* checking loading without being on the library search path ... OK
* checking use of S3 registration ... OK
* checking dependencies in R code ... OK
* checking S3 generic/method consistency ... OK
* checking replacement functions ... OK
* checking foreign function calls ... OK
* checking R code for possible problems ... OK
* checking Rd files ... OK
* checking Rd metadata ... OK
* checking Rd line widths ... OK
* checking Rd cross-references ... OK
* checking for missing documentation entries ... OK
* checking for code/documentation mismatches ... OK
* checking Rd \usage sections ... OK
* checking Rd contents ... OK
* checking for unstated dependencies in examples ... OK
* checking line endings in C/C++/Fortran sources/headers ... OK
* checking line endings in Makefiles ... OK
* checking compilation flags in Makevars ... OK
* checking for GNU extensions in Makefiles ... OK
* checking for portable use of $(BLAS_LIBS) and $(LAPACK_LIBS) ... OK
* checking compiled code ... OK
* checking installed files from 'inst/doc' ... OK
* checking files in 'vignettes' ... OK
* checking examples ... OK
* checking for unstated dependencies in vignettes ... OK
* checking package vignettes in 'inst/doc' ... OK
* checking re-building of vignette outputs ... OK
* checking PDF version of manual ... OK
* DONE

Status: OK

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Exactly the same thing occurs on my Ubuntu 64-bit box. So again, I'm still
unsure how to proceed, particularly if only some OS's/versions are
detecting this error other than mine.

Phil

On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 7:06 AM, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On 25/07/2017 4:42 PM, Phil Chalmers wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> First time posting here, so hopefully I'm following the correct etiquette.
>>
>> I recently received the error:
>>
>> "Package has help file(s) containing build-stage \Sexpr{} expressions but
>> no 'build/partial.rdb' file."
>>
>> when submitting a package to CRAN (source code: https://github.com/
>> philchalmers/mirtCAT). However, I'm having difficulty reproducing the
>> exact
>> problem on my Windows and Linux computers with the latest R dev version
>> (2017-07-25 r72968). Moreover, I don't really understand the issue, as I
>> do
>> not use \Sexpr{} anywhere in the package.
>>
>> After a quick search, I found a link on SO (https://stackoverflow.com/
>> questions/32357637/two-note-messages-from-r-cmd-check-as-cran), but it
>> does
>> not appear too helpful as far as I can tell (I don't explicitly use
>> \package_____() commands anywhere). Can anyone shed some light on this
>> warning and my difficulty in reproducing the message? Thank you in
>> advance.
>>
>
> How did you produce the tar.gz file?  If you did it in some way other than
> running "R CMD build ...", don't do that.   When I run R CMD build, I do
> get the build/partial.rdb file in the tarball.
>
> Duncan Murdoch
>
>

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