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Documentation error as of 1.8.1 (PR#6731)

2 messages · lanny@cisco.com, Brian Ripley

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Full_Name: Lanny Ripple
Version: 1.8.1
OS: Solaris 2.8
Submission from: (NULL) (128.107.253.42)


The "Writing R Extensions" manual states that an INDEX file will be created with
Rdindex if the file is not provided.  The NEWS document indicates that Rdindex
was removed in version 1.8.0 (UTILITIES section).
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What the manual actually says is

    (using Rdindex() from package tools) 

whereas the NEWS file says

    o	R CMD Rdindex has been removed.

which is not the same thing at all.  Rdindex was a script and Rdindex()  
is an R function.

Please do read very carefully the section in the R FAQ about reporting 
BUGS.
On Fri, 2 Apr 2004 lanny@cisco.com wrote: