[R-pkg-devel] Can Submission Failure

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 07/08/2018 12:27 PM, Ossenbruggen, Paul wrote:
> I am new to CRAN submissions and need assistance.
> 
> I received this set of error messages previously. I removed all these hidden files before resubmitting my package. They are back.
> Question #1 How do I prevent this this?
> 
> PJO:Desktop PJO$ tar -zcvf Basic.tar.gz Basic
> Found the following hidden files and directories:
> 
>    .DS_Store
>    .RData
>    .Rhistory
>    ._NAMESPACE
>    .gitignore
>    .travis.yml
>    R/.DS_Store
>    R/._brkdelay.R
>    R/._brkdelay3.R
>    R/._brktrials3.R
>    R/._brktrials3setup.R
>    R/._merge.R
>    R/._merge3.R
>    R/._mergedemo.R
>    R/._plotdesire3.R
>    R/._plotmerge3.R
>    R/._run.R
>    R/._trajectoryab3.R
>    R/._tuxvfix3.R
>    R/._vehid.R
>    R/._xabmerge.R
>    R/._xabmerge3.R
>    data/.DS_Store
>    data/.Rapp.history
>    man/.Rapp.history
>    vignettes/._cartools.Rmd
>    vignettes/.gitignore
>    .Rproj.user
>    .git
> 
> 
> Finding an answer to this question will be a big help.
> 
> 
> I performed R CMD check and devtools::build_win() before I submitted the above. For completeness, here are my submit statements.

You are doing it wrong.  You should not be using tar to build your 
tarball, you should let R do it.

I don't know exactly what devtools::build_win() does to build the 
tarball, but it then sends it to WinBuilder:  you don't need to do that 
for a CRAN submission.

Duncan Murdoch

> 
> ####################################################################################################
> From: CRAN submission <cran-sysadmin using xmpalantir.wu.ac.at<mailto:cran-sysadmin using xmpalantir.wu.ac.at>>
> Subject: CRAN submission Basic 0.1.0
> Date: August 7, 2018 at 11:29:34 AM EDT
> To: CRAN <cran-submissions using r-project.org<mailto:cran-submissions using r-project.org>>
> Reply-To: Paul J. Ossenbruggen <pjo using unh.edu<mailto:pjo using unh.edu>>
> 
> 
> The maintainer confirms that he or she
> has read and agrees to the CRAN policies.
> 
> Submitter's comment: This submittal passes these checks. However, I am
>   uncertain that my submittal succeed. See #1, #2, #3,
>   #4 and #5.
> 
> R CMD check results
> 0 errors | 0
>   warnings | 0 notes
> R CMD check succeeded
> 
> 
>   devtools::build_win()
> Building windows version of
>   cartools for R-devel with
>   win-builder.r-project.org<http://win-builder.r-project.org/>.
> 
> #1. Warning:
>   ‘inst/doc’ files
>     ‘cartools.Rmd’,
>   ‘cartools.html’, ‘cartools.R’
>   ignored as
>   vignettes have been rebuilt.
>   Run R CMD build with
>   --no-build-vignettes to prevent rebuilding.
> *
>   checking for LF line-endings in source and make files
>   and shell scripts
> * checking for empty or unneeded
>   directories
> * looking to see if a
>   ‘data/datalist’ file should be added
> #2.
> *
>   building ‘cartools_0.1.0.tar.gz’
> I don't understand what this file is for. I am uploading:  Basic.tar.gz.
> 
> #3
> I have instructed the following
>   folder to be ignored:  .Rproj.user
> It is not ignored
>   in GitHub. It contains items that I did not
>   create.
> This does not seem correct,
> 
> #4. I
>   receievd a win-builder email stating:
> Possibly
>   mis-spelled words in DESCRIPTION: cartools
>   (3:8)
> Unknown, possibly mis-spelled, fields in
>   DESCRIPTION: 'Remotes'
> The above items are
>   false/postives.
> 
> I don't understand the following
>   statement.
> The Title field is just the package name:
>   provide a real title.
> 
> #5. I am a subscriber but my
>   questions to r-packages-devel bounce.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> =================================================
> 
> Original content of DESCRIPTION file:
> 
> Package: Basic
> Type: Package
> Title: CARTOOLS Package
> Version: 0.1.0
> Author: person("Paul", "Ossenbruggen", email = "pjo using unh.edu<mailto:pjo using unh.edu>", role = c("aut", "cre"))
> Maintainer: "Paul J. Ossenbruggen" <pjo using unh.edu<mailto:pjo using unh.edu>>
> Description: The cartools package is designed for college students studying transportation engineering and for transportation professionals and researchers interested in understanding the complex relationships associated with freeway performance and traffic breakdown. Emphasis is placed on: (1) Traffic noise or volatility; (2) Driver behavior and safety; and (3) Stochastic modeling, models that explain breakdown and performance.
> License: MIT + file LICENSE
> Encoding: UTF-8
> LazyData: true
> Depends: R (>= 2.10)
> RoxygenNote: 6.1.0
> Remotes: pjossenbruggen/Basic
> Imports:
>     animation,
>     devtools,
>     dplyr,
>     gapminder,
>     ggplot2,
>     graphics,
>     grDevices,
>     knitr,
>     rlist,
>     rmarkdown,
>     roxygen2,
>     sde,
>     shiny,
>     stats,
>     tidyverse,
>     usethis,
>     utils
> Suggests:
> VignetteBuilder: knitr
> 
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