[R-pkg-devel] NOTE in r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang

[Helmut Schütz]

Hi Duncan,

Duncan Murdoch wrote on 2020-08-07 18:39:
> You're reading the wrong version of the manual.  This is in the 
> R-devel manual:
>
> "Packages referred to by these ‘other forms’ should be declared in the 
> DESCRIPTION file, in the ‘Depends’, ‘Imports’, ‘Suggests’ or 
> ‘Enhances’ fields. "
>
> This is at the end of section 2.5 in 
> https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-devel/R-exts.html.

I see. However, the HTML-source states
This manual is for R, version 4.1.0 Under development (2020-08-06).

I was relying on the PDF-version (4.0.2 of 2020-06-22) which does *not* 
contain this sentence. Hence, I fell into the trap. Should be stated in 
the PDF as well, IMHO.

Helmut

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