[R-pkg-devel] CRAN checks for release of a package with new vignette engine

[Duncan Murdoch]

Could you show us the install and check logs for the problematic platform?

I don't think you'd get to the message you quote unless the install 
succeeded, so I think your diagnosis of the problem isn't right.  But 
maybe I'm wrong about that, and the install failed, perhaps because the 
Quarto tools were not available.

Duncan Murdoch

On 26/02/2024 10:34 a.m., Christophe Dervieux wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to release a new version of the quarto R package. This new
> version is adding support for a new vignette engine that will use quarto
> CLI (https://quarto.org) when available. The vignettes inside the package
> itself are '.qmd' files built with quarto.
> 
> While developing the feature, I noticed that R CMD check will query for
> vignette engines information, and it will find engine in already installed
> package (with `tools:::vignetteEngine`). So a package adding a new engine,
> and using this engine for its vignette only works when the package is
> installed before check.
> 
> Automated checks works ok on `r-devel-windows-x86_64`, but fails on
> `r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc` because of this note
> 
> Check: package vignettes, Result: NOTE
>    Package has 'vignettes' subdirectory but apparently no vignettes.
>    Perhaps the 'VignetteBuilder' information is missing from the
>    DESCRIPTION file?
> 
> I believe this happens because the package is not installed, so when R CMD
> Check is doing the vignette checking, it won't find the quarto vignette
> engine.
> 
> I am trying to understand what I could do for this package release,
> considering checks are ok on windows r-devel, and only having the NOTE on
> debian environment.
> 
> Should I consider this a false positive for this specific case ? Is there
> any consideration to take for adding a new engine ?
> 
> Thank you
> 
> Christophe Dervieux
> 
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