[R-pkg-devel] The Help (e.g. links) is not working for my packages

Dason Kurkiewicz dasonk at gmail.com
Thu Aug 10 18:42:05 CEST 2017


It tells you what the warning is. You need to specify a license in your
DESCRIPTION file. You should really fill the entire thing out properly
anyways.

On Aug 10, 2017 12:39 PM, <David.Kaethner at dlr.de> wrote:

> Thank you for pointing that out, this solved the ERROR in the R CMD check.
> I've updated the repo.
>
> Unfortunately, it did not solve the problem. So when you clone/pull the
> repo now, the error should persist.
>
>
> * using log directory ‘/Users/spaceicons/code/R_
> package_dev/helpers2/helpers2.Rcheck’
> * using R version 3.4.1 (2017-06-30)
> * using platform: x86_64-apple-darwin15.6.0 (64-bit)
> * using session charset: UTF-8
> * checking for file ‘helpers2/DESCRIPTION’ ... OK
> * checking extension type ... Package
> * this is package ‘helpers2’ version ‘0.1.0’
> * package encoding: UTF-8
> * 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 for sufficient/correct file permissions ... OK
> * checking whether package ‘helpers2’ can be installed ... OK
> * checking installed package size ... OK
> * checking package directory ... OK
> * checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... WARNING
> Non-standard license specification:
>   What license is it under?
> Standardizable: FALSE
> * 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 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 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 examples ... OK
> * checking PDF version of manual ... OK
> * DONE
> Status: 1 WARNING
>
>
>
> ________________________________________
> Von: Michael Dewey [lists at dewey.myzen.co.uk]
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 10. August 2017 17:38
> An: Käthner, David; edd at debian.org; murdoch.duncan at gmail.com
> Cc: r-package-devel at r-project.org
> Betreff: Re: [R-pkg-devel] The Help (e.g. links) is not working for my
> packages
>
> Your log says you have no examples but you do in your Rd file.
> Your examples look the wrong way round x(function) rather than function(x)
>
> Not sure whether those are relevant issues but perhaps they help.
>
> On 10/08/2017 15:47, David.Kaethner at dlr.de wrote:
> > Thank you for the replies!
> >
> > First of all, here is the test package:
> >     https://github.com/c06n/helpers2
> >
> > Session info and the log of R CMD check at the end. There is an error:
> "LaTeX errors when creating PDF version." However, it says "checking Rd
> files ... OK".
> >
> > I have tried the install now on 4 different computers (via
> devtools::install_github), they all did not work.
> >
> > Further points:
> > - Unfortunately, installation from a tarball did not work either. I
> build the tarball from the command line (Cygwin), then used R CMD, but
> tried it also from within RStudio ("Build Source Package", then
> "install.packages")
> > - I have managed to create another package WHICH WORKS. I have not been
> able to do it again though, I just don't know what I did differently.
> > - I played around with the documentation lines in the test package, to
> no avail.
> >
> > I am sure that it is something very minor where I went wrong, and in all
> likelihood the problem is on my side. I just cannot figure out what it
> might be.
> >
> > David
> >
> > -----
> >> sessionInfo()
> > R version 3.4.1 (2017-06-30)
> > Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)
> > Running under: Windows 7 x64 (build 7601) Service Pack 1
> >
> > Matrix products: default
> >
> > locale:
> > [1] LC_COLLATE=German_Germany.1252  LC_CTYPE=German_Germany.1252
> > [3] LC_MONETARY=German_Germany.1252 LC_NUMERIC=C
> > [5] LC_TIME=German_Germany.1252
> >
> > attached base packages:
> > [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
> >
> > other attached packages:
> > [1] _0.1.0
> >
> > loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
> > [1] compiler_3.4.1 tools_3.4.1
> >
> > --------
> > * using log directory '/cygdrive/d/Home/projects/R_
> package_dev/helpers2.Rcheck'
> > * using R version 3.4.0 (2017-04-21)
> > * using platform: x86_64-unknown-cygwin (64-bit)
> > * using session charset: ISO8859-1
> > * checking for file 'helpers2/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
> > * checking extension type ... Package
> > * this is package 'helpers2' version '0.1.0'
> > * package encoding: UTF-8
> > * 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 for sufficient/correct file permissions ... OK
> > * checking whether package 'helpers2' can be installed ... OK
> > * checking installed package size ... OK
> > * checking package directory ... OK
> > * checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... WARNING
> > Non-standard license specification:
> >   testlicense
> > Standardizable: FALSE
> > * 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 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 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 examples ... NONE
> > * checking PDF version of manual ... WARNING
> > LaTeX errors when creating PDF version.
> > This typically indicates Rd problems.
> > * checking PDF version of manual without hyperrefs or index ... ERROR
> > * DONE
> > Status: 1 ERROR, 2 WARNINGs
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: Dirk Eddelbuettel [mailto:dirk.eddelbuettel at gmail.com] Im Auftrag
> von Dirk Eddelbuettel
> > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 10. August 2017 14:32
> > An: Duncan Murdoch
> > Cc: Käthner, David; r-package-devel at r-project.org
> > Betreff: Re: [R-pkg-devel] The Help (e.g. links) is not working for my
> packages
> >
> >
> > On 9 August 2017 at 08:38, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
> > | Nothing that you've written is reproducible by others.  See if you can
> > | put together a short self-contained series of instructions that
> > | display the problems (or just one of them).  It might involve
> > | installing from Github, or making a package tarball available
> somewhere.
> >
> > I am fairly certain I have observed this myself, and I *think* it simply
> stems from running R CMD INSTALL (and alike) from a source directory, as
> opposed to a tarball.  I filed it under minor nuisance and didn't care too
> much either as the official two-step of 'R CMD build ...; R CMD INSTALL ...'
> > is just that: the official and recommended way. With which things work.
> >
> > Dirk
> >
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> >
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