[R-pkg-devel] check cross-references error: Non-file package-anchored link(s)

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 02/07/2020 7:49 a.m., Dr. Jens Oehlschlägel wrote:
> Duncan,
> 
>> One way is to make bit depend on a particular version of ff.  That may
>> cause a deadlock if both are being updated at once, but I think CRAN
>> should be able to deal with it if they are informed of the issue.
> 
> Exactly that I have done: I submitted all three packages bit/bit64/ff in version 4.0.2 and made them dependend on Version >= 4.0.0.
> And yes, the maintainers have been informed about the issue.

I'm not sure that's what I meant, but I can't be sure, since I haven't 
seen your source.  What I meant is a package dependency, i.e. the 
existing ff on CRAN is version 2.2-14.2 and it depends on bit without 
saying what version of bit is needed.  The existing bit is 1.1-15.2 with 
no dependency on ff.

So you can force the new ff to use the new bit by giving the version 
number, e.g.

Depends:  bit (>= 2.0)

but it's not so obvious how to make the new bit depend on the new ff.
There's no way to say that the dependency is only to a help page, and 
circular strong dependencies are messy, so I'd suggest you use one of 
the other options I offered:  a dynamic link in the Rd file, or no link 
at all.

Duncan Murdoch