[R-pkg-devel] Links from manual return 403 and 404 responses when running devtools::check_rhub()

[Uwe Ligges]

On 14.09.2022 02:32, Gao, Song via R-package-devel wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> This is a developer from Cytobank.
> I encountered an issue when I release the R package.
> 
> The issue happened when running devtools::check_rhub(), there are a lot of 403 responses when testing the links in the manual. The details log is attached
> The links in the manual are public ones without authentication, and anyone can access them from anywhere.
> 
> Also, there are two 404 requests.
> Found the following (possibly) invalid URLs:
>      URL: https://cran.r-project.org/package=CytobankAPI/vignettes/cytobank-advanced-analyses.html
>        From: README.md
>        Status: 404
>        Message: Not Found
>      URL: https://cran.r-project.org/package=CytobankAPI/vignettes/cytobank-quickstart.html
>        From: README.md
>        Status: 404
>        Message: Not Found
> Currently, the cytobank page on CRAN is not available, so the 2 links can’t be accessed
> 
> Can you please have a look at it?

What should we look at? The links are currently not working, so the 
check is right. You can write a comment that these are expected to work 
once the package is on CRAN. The comment field is available from the 
webform.
(if people use the cran-copmment mechanism provided by devtools, please 
only write one relevant sentence about issue that may prevent 
publication, we do not read several pages of comments)

But honetsly, why don't you say people can simply read it by 
vignette("cytoban-quickstart"), for example?

Best,
Uwe Ligges






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