Message-ID: <16077.56985.126689.145546@galadriel.ci.tuwien.ac.at>
Date: 2003-05-23T10:41:13Z
From: Friedrich Leisch
Subject: Possible R CMD check problem (PR#3070)
In-Reply-To: <1053629847.1219.20.camel@epibiosun115-4>
>>>>> On 22 May 2003 11:57:28 -0700,
>>>>> Ross Boylan (RB) wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-05-22 at 03:52, Friedrich.Leisch@ci.tuwien.ac.at wrote:
>> Why do you think there is a bug in R rather than in your package? (I
>> assume that it is a package of yours, at least it's not on CRAN).
> Well, I did say "possible" problem.
Yes, but you also filed it into the R bug tracking system ... and
reporting "bugs" that in fact are mostly installation problems on your side
doesn't make life easier for us.
> The reason I think so is that part
> of the error message (Could not create DVI version) is wrong (a dvi file
> was produced)
Thanks for the hint, I'll fix that message.
> and part of it (This typically indicates Rd problems) is
> misleading. There is also some chance that the problems are deeper than
> that.
Well, the message says that *typically* Rd problems are the reason
(which probably is true in 95% of all case), not that they are the
only possible cause.
Regards
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