Message-ID: <50C8E11B.6030106@gmail.com>
Date: 2012-12-12T19:55:07Z
From: Paul Gilbert
Subject: SystemRequirements’ field
In-Reply-To: <50C8D8AA.7010701@stats.ox.ac.uk>
On 12-12-12 02:19 PM, Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
> On 12/12/2012 18:33, Paul Gilbert wrote:
>> Am I correct in thinking that the ?SystemRequirements? field in a
>> package DESCRIPTION file is purely descriptive, there are no standard
>> elements that can be extracted by parsing it and used automatically?
>
> No.
>
Where can I find more details? The section "The DESCRIPTION file" in
"Writing R Extensions" says only:
Other dependencies (external to the R system) should be listed in
the ?SystemRequirements? field, possibly amplified in a separate
README file.
Thanks,
Paul