[R-pkg-devel] [External] RcmdrPlugin.HH_1.1-48.tar.gz

[Jeff Newmiller]

Remove leading periods from all file names in the tar.gz. Use .Rbuildignore to handle such files in your dev directory if you need them. Maybe also look at [1].

 [1] https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40950799/r-cmd-check-error-how-to-get-rid-of-hidden-files-and-directory-in-devel-r-pack

On March 5, 2024 5:34:36 PM PST, "Richard M. Heiberger" <rmh using temple.edu> wrote:
>Almost.
>
>I used 
>prompt(".__global__")
>to create file
>man/.__global__.Rd
>
>This file does not appear in the tar.gz file, but without a note of rejection.
>When I checked my disk directory directly
>R CMD check RcmdrPlugin.HH
>the file was rejected with
>
>Found the following hidden files and directories:
>  .DS_Store
>  R/.DS_Store
>  man/.__global__.Rd
>These were most likely included in error. See section ‘Package
>structure’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual.
>
>I looked there
>Section 1.1 says that the acceptable characters are
>    A-Za-z0-9._!#$%&+,;=@^(){}'[]
>and "." and _ are explicitly included.
>
>What should I try next?
>
>
>> On Mar 5, 2024, at 18:21, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan using gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> On 05/03/2024 5:41 p.m., Richard M. Heiberger wrote:
>>> My package is being rejected by auto-check
>>> Flavor: r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc, r-devel-windows-x86_64
>>> Check: for missing documentation entries, Result: WARNING
>>>  Undocumented code objects:
>>>    '.__global__'
>>>  All user-level objects in a package should have documentation entries.
>>>  See chapter 'Writing R documentation files' in the 'Writing R
>>>  Extensions' manual.
>>> The problem is that the string    '.__global__'  is not in the package.
>>> I can't find it and John Fox, the maintainer of Rcmdr, can'f find it.
>>> Can someone help me understand why a non-existent string is being detected?
>> 
>> That's the variable modified by the `globalVariables()` function.  So it may well exist in your package.  I'd guess the problem is that your package exports functions by giving a pattern for the names instead of listing each one separately, and it matches that variable.
>> 
>> Duncan Murdoch
>> 
>> 
>> 
>
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