Steven, On May 7, 2012, at 1:24 PM, Steven Lund wrote:
> I recently submit a package called QuasiSeq. The package source and > Windows binary worked fine, but the MacOS X binary failed. The bottom of > the CRAN page for QuasiSeq shows > > Downloads: > Package source: QuasiSeq_1.0-1.tar.gz > MacOS X binary: not available, see check log. > Windows binary: QuasiSeq-1.0-1.zip > Reference manual: QuasiSeq.pdf > > > The log for the MacOS X binary shows > - using R version 2.15.0 (2012-03-30) > - using platform: i386-apple-darwin9.8.0 (32-bit) > - using session charset: ASCII > - checking for file 'QuasiSeq/DESCRIPTION' ... OK > - this is package 'QuasiSeq' version '1.0-1' > - checking package namespace information ... OK > - checking package dependencies ... ERROR > Package required but not available: 'edgeR' > > See the information on DESCRIPTION files in the chapter > 'Creating R > packages' of the 'Writing R Extensions' manual. > - elapsed time (check, wall clock): 0:01 > > Is there a simple remedy to the problems caused by the dependency on edgeR, > or would you advise that I put a work-around into my source code using > 'require' so I can list edgeR under Suggests instead of Depends or Includes? > Well, if your package doesn't depend on it, it should certainly not be in Depends. But that is a design decision (depending on packages outside CRAN is somewhat tricky because in general you cannot guarantee availability, but it is legal ;)). If you need any additional non-CRAN dependencies on Mac OS X, they can be installed if there are working self-sufficient binaries, you just need to tell me. Cheers, Simon > > On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 7:42 AM, Uwe Ligges > <lig...@statistik.tu-dortmund.de>wrote: > >> >> >> On 03.01.2012 00:16, Steven Lund wrote: >> >>> I know others have asked similar questions to the R developers, but I >>> could not find the solution to this question. Please forgive me if I >>> have missed a crucial point in a previous post. >>> >>> I would like to submit a package to CRAN that depends on the >>> bioconductor package "edgeR". Listing "edgeR" under the Depends or >>> Imports lines in the DESCRIPTION file for my package causes an error >>> when running the `R CMD check' command on my package's 'tar.gz' file: >>> >>> * checking package dependencies ... ERROR >>> Package required but not available: āedgeRā >>> >>> >>> Is there documentation or an example anywhere of how to handle >>> dependencies on Bioconductor packages when creating a package for >>> CRAN? >>> >> >> >> Same as for CRAN packages. The CRAN check farm will automatically install >> the dependency from BioConductor if available for the corresponding >> platform / R version. >> >> Uwe Ligges >> >> >> >> >> >>> Thank you! >>> >>> -Steve >>> >>> ______________________________**________________ >>> R-devel@r-project.org mailing list >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/**listinfo/r-devel<https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel> >>> >> > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
