[R-pkg-devel] Suggests with non-CRAN packages

[Uwe Ligges]

On 03.01.2024 17:33, Josiah Parry wrote:
> I have a scenario where I have an exported function that requires the
> installation a package that *is not* available on CRAN. The body of the
> function is generally:
> 
> fx <- function() {
>    rlang::check_installed("noncranpkg")
>    noncranpkg::gx()
> }
> 
> As required, this package is in the Suggests field. But this results in a
> note:
> 
> checking package dependencies ... NOTE
> Package suggested but not available for checking: ‘noncranpkg’
> 
> Can this be safely ignored?

Yes.

Best,
Uwe Ligges



> 	[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
> 
> ______________________________________________
> R-package-devel using r-project.org mailing list
> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel