[R-pkg-devel] How to resolve help files with \Sexpr{} warning?

[Iris Simmons]

I believe R CMD build changed the default from --manual to --no-manual, I'm
not sure why. You could add --manual when you build the tarball or you
could add

BuildManual: TRUE

to your DESCRIPTION.

On Mon, Apr 14, 2025, 09:41 <adinno using pdx.edu> wrote:

>
>
> Dear R Devs,
>
>
> I am unsure how to resolve this NOTE in my package build (I am
> comfortable with the possibly misspelled words part):
>
>  Package has help file(s) containing install/render-stage \Sexpr{}
>  expressions but no prebuilt PDF manual.
>
>
> I've dozens of files and no idea which one(s) offend, or if I am missing
> some other detail. (Aside: I am using mathjaxr... not sure if that is
> the issue.)
>
>
> Links for winbuilder logs are here for the time being:
>
>  https://win-builder.r-project.org/qG7LHs2Yf18p
>  https://win-builder.r-project.org/BBXdLV7kDOuI
>  https://win-builder.r-project.org/63RmX21pnrAw ←This check passes
>
>
> Thank you very much,
>
> Alexis Dinno
>
>
> PS Am including the log from the R-release winbuilder check in case my
> links expire:
>
>
> * using log directory
> 'd:/RCompile/CRANguest/R-oldrelease/tost.suite.Rcheck'
> * using R version 4.4.3 (2025-02-28 ucrt)
> * using platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32
> * R was compiled by
>     gcc.exe (GCC) 13.3.0
>     GNU Fortran (GCC) 13.3.0
> * running under: Windows Server 2022 x64 (build 20348)
> * using session charset: UTF-8
> * checking for file 'tost.suite/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
> * this is package 'tost.suite' version '3.15'
> * package encoding: UTF-8
> * checking CRAN incoming feasibility ... [8s] NOTE
> Maintainer: 'Alexis Dinno <alexis.dinno using pdx.edu>'
>
> New submission
>
> Possibly misspelled words in DESCRIPTION:
>   Kolmogorov (9:402)
>   McNemar's (9:198)
>   OLS (9:289)
>   Smirnov (9:413)
>   Stata (9:47)
>   Wilcoxon (9:312, 9:340)
>   nonparametric (9:546)
>   rrp (9:842)
>   rrpi (9:855)
>   tost (9:18, 9:65, 9:837, 9:850)
>
> Package has help file(s) containing install/render-stage \Sexpr{}
> expressions but no prebuilt PDF manual.
> * checking package namespace information ... OK
> * checking package dependencies ... OK
> * checking if this is a source package ... OK
> * checking if there is a namespace ... OK
> * checking for hidden files and directories ... OK
> * checking for portable file names ... OK
> * checking whether package 'tost.suite' can be installed ... OK
> * checking installed package size ... OK
> * checking package directory ... OK
> * checking for future file timestamps ... OK
> * checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... OK
> * checking top-level files ... OK
> * checking for left-over files ... OK
> * checking index information ... OK
> * checking package subdirectories ... OK
> * checking code files for non-ASCII characters ... OK
> * checking R files for syntax errors ... OK
> * checking whether the package can be loaded ... [1s] OK
> * checking whether the package can be loaded with stated dependencies
> ... [1s] OK
> * checking whether the package can be unloaded cleanly ... [1s] OK
> * checking whether the namespace can be loaded with stated dependencies
> ... [1s] OK
> * checking whether the namespace can be unloaded cleanly ... [1s] OK
> * checking loading without being on the library search path ... [1s] OK
> * checking use of S3 registration ... OK
> * checking dependencies in R code ... OK
> * checking S3 generic/method consistency ... OK
> * checking replacement functions ... OK
> * checking foreign function calls ... OK
> * checking R code for possible problems ... [16s] OK
> * checking Rd files ... [1s] OK
> * checking Rd metadata ... OK
> * checking Rd line widths ... OK
> * checking Rd cross-references ... OK
> * checking for missing documentation entries ... OK
> * checking for code/documentation mismatches ... OK
> * checking Rd \usage sections ... OK
> * checking Rd contents ... OK
> * checking for unstated dependencies in examples ... OK
> * checking contents of 'data' directory ... OK
> * checking data for non-ASCII characters ... [0s] OK
> * checking data for ASCII and uncompressed saves ... OK
> * checking examples ... [7s] OK
> * checking PDF version of manual ... [12s] OK
> * checking HTML version of manual ... [5s] OK
> * checking for detritus in the temp directory ... OK
> * DONE
> Status: 1 NOTE
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