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How can a test script inform R CMD check that it should emit a custom message?

I'm writing a R package (delftfews) here at office. we are using svUnit for unit testing. our process for describing new functionality: we define new unit tests, initially marked as DEACTIVATED; one block of tests at a time we activate them and…
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CRAN check warning: Dependence on R version '3.4.3' not with patchlevel 0

I am submitting my R package to CRAN, and am receiving a warning from the CRAN servers that does not appear when I run R CMD CHECK --as-cran locally on the package tarball prior to uploading to CRAN. This causes my package to fail the automatic CRAN…
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Installing an R package from local unzipped folder

I am having difficulty installing an unzipped package on a Windows 7 computer without administrative privileges and no internet access. I am using the RGui (not RStudio). Right now I have an unzipped library sitting in a directory. Unfortunately,…
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Making non-ASCII data suitable for CRAN

I have some data that contains non-ASCII characters, that I want to include as an rda file in an R package. When I run an R CMD check on the package, I get a warning: Warning: found non-ASCII strings which is blocking it being allowed on…
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Disable/suppress tcltk popup for CRAN mirror selection in R

My question is similar to a question previously posted but never really answered here: Disable GUI, graphics devices in R I do not like the R tcltk popups for CRAN mirror selection. They also pop up to choose a package when searching for help on a…
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How to satisfy both CRAN and Github license file naming requirements

(NOTE: This question includes the word "license". But let's be clear: this question is not asking for licensing advice. It is asking how to simultaneously satisfy the file naming requirements of "software tools commonly used by programmers": Github…
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Using un-exported function from another R package?

I often use utility type functions from other packages that are un-exported: pkg:::fun(). I am wondering if I can use such a function within new functionality/scope in my own R package. What is the correct approach here? Is including the package in…
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R `parallel` package does not exist on CRAN?

I tried to google "r package parallel" but I have not found it on CRAN. I also tried the following links, but they do not…
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Using a static (prebuilt) PDF vignette in R package

What is the proper way, to include a static PDF file as a "vignette" in a CRAN package as of R 3.0? The trick described in this document of using an empty stub Rnw does not seem to work in R 3.0. The document suggests that there is now a better way…
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Package dependencies when installing from source in R

Just confirming: If I distribute my R package as ZIP/TAR then installing the package will not automatically download/install dependencies because I have to set repos = NULL in install.packages() and dependencies parameter is not used if repos =…
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R: "make" not found when installing a R-package from local tar.gz

The R Package ConvCalendar is not on Cran repository anymore (see here). However, because I have intensively used this package for previous projects, it would be nice to have it installed on my machine, even an older version would suffice. (Windows…
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Computationally heavy R vignettes

I'm currently converting an JSS article, which uses knitr, to an R package vignette. However, I'm in doubt on the vignette placement, structure, and how I should handle the very long computation times it requires which is ~2 days on a ordinary…
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Where to put package vignettes for CRAN submission?

From the Writing R Extensions Manual, I read that As from R 2.14.0 the preferred location for the Sweave sources is the subdirectory vignettes of the source packages, but for compatibility with earlier versions of R, vignette sources will be…
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Security issues with CRAN packages

[ Edit: June 2013 ] A paper has appeared on ArXiv describing this issue in greater detail, and suggesting some solutions: http://arxiv.org/abs/1303.4808. It will appear in the Journal of Statistical Software later in 2013. I have a cronjob on my…
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How to install and manage many versions of R packages

I am developing a framework for reproducible computing with R. One problem that I am struggling with is that some R code might run perfectly in version X.Y-Z of a package, but then why you try to reproduce it 3 years later, the packages have…
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