[R-pkg-devel] How to fix "Number of redirects hit maximum amount"?

[Uwe Ligges]

On 02.09.2025 22:39, Spencer Graves wrote:
> Hello, All:
> 
> 
> TWO QUESTIONS:
> 
> 
> 1. HOW TO FIX "Number of redirects hit maximum amount"?

I guess you need a different URL.
Have you tried in a web browser? Firefox tells me locally "redirection 
error" (translated from German) and I cannot see any web page. So this 
URL seems to need a change.

Best,
Uwe Ligges









> 
> For the Ecdat package, CRAN reported, "Number of redirects hit maximum 
> amount [www.cde.ca.gov]". Uwe Ligges asked, "Please fix and resubmit."
> 
> 
> "www.cde.ca.gov" works for me when I enter it into a browser. Moreover, 
> that URL was unchanged after the page appeared. Also, I've looked for 
> tools to trace redirects and have so far been unable to find any that 
> find any redirect from "www.cde.ca.gov".
> 
> 
> 2. GITHUB ACTION WITH "--as-cran"?
> 
> 
> Is there a way to modify GitHub Action so "R CMD check --as-cran" runs 
> on one of the platforms?
> 
> 
> ** I'm currently concerned about "https://github.com/sbgraves237/Ecdat"
> 
> 
> FYI: "R CMD check --as-cran Ecdat_0.4.6.tar.gz" on my local computer a 
> few minutes ago found several "(possibly) invalid URLs", none of which 
> reported "Number of redirects hit maximum amount". Also, 
> "www.cde.ca.gov" was NOT flagged this time.
> 
> 
> Should I just document this in "cran-comments.md" and hope for the best?
> 
> 
> Thanks, Spencer Graves
> 
> 
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject: Re: CRAN package Ecdat
> Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2025 12:38:24 +0200
> From: Uwe Ligges <ligges using statistik.tu-dortmund.de>
> Organization: Fakultät Statistik, Technische Universität Dortmund
> To: Spencer Graves <spencer.graves using effectivedefense.org>, CRAN using R- 
> project.org
> 
> For your latest submission I wrote
> 
> "
> Argh, so many false positives or ill configured web sites, but one is 
> true positive.
> 
>       URL: https://www.cde.ca.gov
>         From: man/Caschool.Rd
>         Status: Error
>         Message: Number of redirects hit maximum amount [www.cde.ca.gov]:
>           Maximum (10) redirects followed
> 
> Please fix and resubmit.
> 
> Best,
> Uwe Ligges
> "
> 
> 
> Best,
> Uwe
> 
> 
> 
> On 02.09.2025 12:36, Spencer Graves wrote:
>> Dear CRAN team:
>>
>>
>> I'm confused: The link below is for an earlier version of Ecdat, 0.4-2.
>>
>>
>> On 8/27/25, 17:31 Central I received an email from 
>> ligges using statistik.tu- dortmund.de Subject: [CRAN-pretest-inspect- 
>> recheck] CRAN Submission Ecdat 0.4-5.
>>
>>
>> The first complaint in the link below says, "No Authors using R field in 
>> DESCRIPTION." Tests on other platforms complained, "Lost braces" 
>> following \doi. Those were fixed in 0.4-5.
>>
>>
>> I also submitted cran-comments.md, which identified two other problems 
>> I thought I had fixed.
>>
>>
>> HOWEVER, I am working on another version and will submit that version 
>> before 2025-09-30.
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Spencer Graves
>>
>>
>> On 9/2/25 02:44, Kurt Hornik wrote:
>>> Dear maintainer,
>>>
>>> Please see the problems shown on
>>> <https://cran.r-project.org/web/checks/check_results_Ecdat.html>.
>>>
>>> Please correct before 2025-09-30 to safely retain your package on CRAN.
>>>
>>> Note that this will be the *final* reminder.
>>>
>>> Best wishes,
>>> The CRAN Team
>>
> 
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