[R-pkg-devel] Package failing reverse dependency checks

[Lluís Revilla]

Hi David,

If you didn't increase the version number it could happen that the old
version of the package was used (as CRAN might not be aware that there is a
new version).
The CRAN repository policy says: "Increasing the version number at each
submission reduces confusion so is preferred even when a previous
submission was not accepted".
In addition, it is easier to track how smooth the submission process is for
maintainers/developers.

I would recommend submitting again, changing the version number of the
package.
Checking on  win builders and macos builders CRAN provides is the closest
one, other approaches include rhub2.

Best,

Lluís



On Thu, 8 Feb 2024 at 10:24, David Hugh-Jones <davidhughjones using gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to upload a new version of my "huxtable" package. It is
> currently failing reverse dependency checks for two packages (homnormal and
> RSStest). The relevant failures are below.
>
> I got this failure one time, and fixed the problem, which relates to
> mistakenly relying on the Suggested: knitr package (see here for the
> commit: https://github.com/hughjonesd/huxtable/commit/5a3edc). After the
> commit, reverse dependency checks for homnormal and RSStest pass on my
> machine, when testing either with revdepcheck::revdep_check or
> tools::check_packages_in_dir, and even when knitr is not installed. But,
> after I uploaded the new package to CRAN, the same failure recurred.
>
> My new release candidate had the same version number as the previous one
> (which had failed the revdep check, and therefore not been published on
> CRAN). Is it possible that CRAN just tested the old version again?
>
> If not, then can anyone suggest the best way to debug a revdep check on as
> close a setup to the CRAN machines as possible?
>
> Cheers,
> David
>
> Git tag for the last CRAN submission:
> https://github.com/hughjonesd/huxtable/releases/tag/v5.5.4-rc3
>
> Info from the CRAN email:
> --
> Debian: <
>
> https://win-builder.r-project.org/incoming_pretest/huxtable_5.5.4_20240205_164815/reverseDependencies/summary.txt
> >
> RSStest, homnormal
>
> Log dir: <
>
> https://win-builder.r-project.org/incoming_pretest/huxtable_5.5.4_20240205_164815/
> >
> The files will be removed after roughly 7 days.
>
> Pretests:
> Windows: <
>
> https://win-builder.r-project.org/incoming_pretest/huxtable_5.5.4_20240205_164815/Windows/00check.log
> >
> Debian: <
>
> https://win-builder.r-project.org/incoming_pretest/huxtable_5.5.4_20240205_164815/Debian/00check.log
> >
> --
> Changes to worse in reverse depends:
>
> Package: homnormal
> Check: examples
> New result: ERROR
>   Running examples in ‘homnormal-Ex.R’ failed
>   The error most likely occurred in:
>
>   > base::assign(".ptime", proc.time(), pos = "CheckExEnv")
>   > ### Name: Brown_Forsythe
>   > ### Title: Brown-Forsythe Test for Homogeniety
>   > ### Aliases: Brown_Forsythe
>   >
>   > ### ** Examples
>   >
>   >     data(FH_data)
>   >    x1=FH_data$SurvivalTime
>   >    x2=FH_data$HospitalNo
>   >    Brown_Forsythe(x1,x2)
>   Error in loadNamespace(x) : there is no package called ‘knitr’
>   Calls: Brown_Forsythe ... loadNamespace -> withRestarts -> withOneRestart
> -> doWithOneRestart
>   Execution halted
>
> Package: RSStest
> Check: examples
> New result: ERROR
>   Running examples in ‘RSStest-Ex.R’ failed
>   The error most likely occurred in:
>
>   > base::assign(".ptime", proc.time(), pos = "CheckExEnv")
>   > ### Name: teststat_MRSS
>   > ### Title: Median Ranked Set Sampling Test
>   > ### Aliases: teststat_MRSS
>   >
>   > ### ** Examples
>   >
>   > x1=matrix(c(1,2.3, 3.4,4.5,5.6,4 ),nrow=3)
>   > x2=matrix(c(2,3.2, 4.2,6.5,4.6,6 ),nrow=3)
>   > teststat_MRSS(x1,x2,tn=1000)
>   Error in loadNamespace(x) : there is no package called ‘knitr’
>   Calls: teststat_MRSS ... loadNamespace -> withRestarts -> withOneRestart
> -> doWithOneRestart
>   Execution halted
>
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