[R-pkg-devel] dependencies

[Cathy Lee Gierke]

Thanks Bryan.  All of my imports are in the namespace.  Can you tell me why
this one should be in the description file?

Cathy Lee Gierke


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On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 7:19 PM, Bryan Hanson <hanson at depauw.edu> wrote:

> Edit your DESCRIPTION file to include
>
> imports: assertr
>
> That’s why you get the "not required" message.
>
> Bryan
>
> > On Nov 21, 2017, at 7:54 PM, Cathy Lee Gierke <leegi001 at umn.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Hi, I'm stuck.  I am using a function called col_concat from the package
> > {assertr}.  But when I list it as a dependency, either by
> >
> > import(assertr)
> >
> > or
> >
> > importFrom("assertr", "col_concat")
> >
> > -----------
> >
> > I get this error message:
> >
> > * checking package dependencies ... ERROR
> >
> > Namespace dependency not required: ‘assertr’
> >
> > See section ‘The DESCRIPTION file’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’
> >
> > manual.
> >
> > * DONE
> >
> > Status: 1 ERROR
> > ​------------
> > And when I take it out, I get a complaint that col_concat has no global
> > definition.
> >
> > What???
> >
> > Thanks,
> > ​
> > Cathy Lee Gierke
> >
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