From xie at yihui.name  Thu Oct 13 03:00:34 2011
From: xie at yihui.name (Yihui Xie)
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:00:34 -0500
Subject: [Rd] NOTE: unstated dependencies in examples
In-Reply-To: <4E95C148.6010708@yorku.ca>
References: <4E95C148.6010708@yorku.ca>
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You have this in Jevons.Rd:

# show as balloonplots

if (require(gplots)) {


and this in Snow.Rd:

%\dontrun{

library(sp)


It will certainly be helpful if R CMD check can provide more
informative messages (in this case, e.g, point out the Rd files).

Regards,
Yihui
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On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 11:33 AM, Michael Friendly <friendly at yorku.ca> wrote:
> Using R 2.13.1, I am now getting the following NOTE when I run R CMD check
> on my HistData
> package
>
> * checking for unstated dependencies in examples ... NOTE
> 'library' or 'require' calls not declared from:
> ?gplots sp
>
> Under R 2.12.x, I didn't get these notes.
>
> I have ~ 25 .Rd files in this package, and AFAICS, every example uses
> library or require for the
> functions used; ?the DESCRIPTION file has the long list of Suggests, which
> previously was sufficient
> for packages used in examples.
>
> Suggests: gtools, KernSmooth, maps, ggplot2, proto, grid, reshape, plyr,
> lattice, ReadImages, car
>
> But I have no way to find the .Rd file(s) that triggered this note.
>
> ?What is the tool used in R CMD check to make this diagnosis? ?It would be
> better
> if this reported the .Rd file(s) that triggered this note.
> Is it possible that this note could be specious?
>
> -Michael
>
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[Rd] NOTE: unstated dependencies in examples
Yihui Xie