[R-pkg-devel] r-oldrel-windows-ix86+x86_64 -- bioconductor links?

[Uwe Ligges]

On 30.08.2022 14:38, Stephan Struckmann wrote:
> Dear list members,
> 
> thank you for reading. For a few weeks, I have a WARNING on CRAN package checks for our dataquieR package, which does not even
> indirectly use Bioconductor nor cites anything from there. The warning states, that an old bioconductor release is not available any more:
> 
>> Check: for unstated dependencies in ‘tests’
>> Result: WARN
>>      Warning: unable to access index for repository https://bioconductor.org/packages/3.14/bioc/src/contrib:
>>       cannot open URL 'https://bioconductor.org/packages/3.14/bioc/src/contrib/PACKAGES'
>>      Warning: unable to access index for repository https://bioconductor.org/packages/3.14/data/annotation/src/contrib:
>>       cannot open URL 'https://bioconductor.org/packages/3.14/data/annotation/src/contrib/PACKAGES'
>>      Warning: unable to access index for repository https://bioconductor.org/packages/3.14/data/experiment/src/contrib:
>>       cannot open URL 'https://bioconductor.org/packages/3.14/data/experiment/src/contrib/PACKAGES'
>> Flavor: r-oldrel-windows-ix86+x86_64

Simply ignore this.

Best,
Uwe Ligges


> I suspect, this WARNING is related with the test infrastructure somehow. Since I also have to fix two NOTEs within the next two weeks, I should comment on this WARNING too.
> What would you propose to do about the WARNING — I cannot address it, because dataquieR is not using Bioconductor at all (I’m rather sure about this, because
> `grep -ir bioc *` returns nothing, and because the BiocManager package does not list https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=BiocManager
> in its reverse dependencies).
> 
> I expected the WARNING to disappear once someone fixes the suspected problems on r-oldrel-windows-ix86+x86_64, but this has not yet happened. Any hints how to handle this
> are appreciated, thank you in advance,
> 
> Stephan
> 
> 
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