Dear Martin and Kurt, Adding "Enhances: rgl" to the description file did the trick!
Thank you, John -------------------------------- John Fox Department of Sociology McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario Canada L8S 4M4 905-525-9140x23604 http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox -------------------------------- > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Maechler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 10:48 AM > To: John Fox > Cc: r-devel@stat.math.ethz.ch > Subject: Re: [Rd] Package dependencies and imports > > >>>>> "JohnF" == John Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>>> on Thu, 21 Sep 2006 11:22:17 -0400 writes: > > JohnF> Dear list members, > > JohnF> I'm encountering the following problem with > package dependencies and > JohnF> imports: > > JohnF> The Rcmdr package doesn't declare a formal dependency > JohnF> (via depends or suggests in the package DESCRIPTION) > JohnF> on the rgl package because the latter apparently > JohnF> causes problems on some systems. This allows the > JohnF> Rcmdr package to build and check on systems without > JohnF> rgl present; if rgl isn't present, then menu items > JohnF> using it are disabled (in the development version of > JohnF> the Rcmdr package, not installed in the first place). > > JohnF> If rgl is present, however, the Rcmdr package uses > JohnF> some unexported functions in it. I've done this via > JohnF> rgl::: to avoid importing from the rgl namespace: > JohnF> Because rgl isn't declared as a dependency, I can't > JohnF> import its namespace. In the current R 2.4.0 alpha > JohnF> and R 2.5.0 devel, however, using rgl::: generates a > JohnF> warning when the package is checked. > > JohnF> Is there a way around this short of literally > copying the unexported > JohnF> functions in rgl that Rcmdr uses? > > I think you should use the new DESCRIPTION field and say > 'Enhances: rgl' > > but I haven't checked if this prevents the warning, though I > think it should.. > > Regards, > Martin ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
