I generally run 'make; make check' (with more settings) when building the Debian package. Running 3.2.4 rc from last night, I see a lot of package loading issues during 'make check'. Here is splines as one examples:
checking package 'splines' * using log directory '/build/r-base-3.2.3.20160303/tests/splines.Rcheck' * using R version 3.2.4 RC (2016-03-02 r70270) * using platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit) * using session charset: ASCII * using option '--no-build-vignettes' * looks like 'splines' is a base package * skipping installation test * checking package directory ... 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 whether the package can be loaded ... OK * checking whether the package can be loaded with stated dependencies ... OK * checking whether the package can be unloaded cleanly ... OK * checking whether the namespace can be loaded with stated dependencies ... OK * checking whether the namespace can be unloaded cleanly ... OK * checking S3 generic/method consistency ... OK * checking replacement functions ... OK * checking foreign function calls ... OK * checking R code for possible problems ... OK * checking Rd files ... OK * checking Rd metadata ... OK * checking Rd cross-references ... WARNING Unknown package 'Matrix' in Rd xrefs * checking for missing documentation entries ... OK * checking for code/documentation mismatches ... OK * checking Rd \usage sections ... OK * checking Rd contents ... OK * checking compiled code ... OK * checking examples ... SKIPPED * checking tests ... Running 'spline-tst.R' ERROR Running the tests in 'tests/spline-tst.R' failed. Last 13 lines of output: > proc.time() user system elapsed 2.272 0.020 2.291 > > ###----------------- sparse / dense interpSpline() --------------------------- > > ## from help(interpSpline) -- ../man/interpSpline.Rd > ispl <- interpSpline( women$height, women$weight) > isp. <- interpSpline( women$height, women$weight, sparse=TRUE) Error in splineDesign(knots, x, ord, derivs, sparse = sparse) : splineDesign(*, sparse=TRUE) needs package 'Matrix' correctly installed Calls: interpSpline -> interpSpline.default -> splineDesign Execution halted * checking PDF version of manual ... OK * DONE Status: 1 ERROR, 1 WARNING See '/build/r-base-3.2.3.20160303/tests/splines.Rcheck/00check.log' for details. Did something change in requirements? Dirk -- http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com | @eddelbuettel | e...@debian.org ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel