[R-pkg-devel] CRAN checks question

I've also seen some problems with missing testthat on
r-devel-windows-ix86+x86_64 - I'd say it's a temporary problem on the
CRAN end, and if your package is ok on win builder, you should be ok
to submit.

Hadley

On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 5:15 PM, Derek Ogle <DOgle at northland.edu> wrote:

I was hoping to submit a new version of my FSA package today when I noticed that the current version on CRAN has an error on the CRAN checks page (which I don't believe was there when I first submitted that version of the package).  The error is detailed here (https://cran.r-project.org/web/checks/check_results_FSA.html) and copied below.  The error is only for the "r-devel-windows-ix86+x86_64" flavor and appears to be related to missing gdata and testthat packages.  I looked at both the gdata and testthat packages on CRAN and they have clean CRAN checks.  I looked at a handful of other packages that depend on gdata and testthat and they appear to have clean CRAN checks.  I checked the package on win-builder and it did not return any errors.  Any pointers?

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Version: 0.8.1
Check: examples
Result: ERROR
     Running examples in 'FSA-Ex.R' failed
     The error most likely occurred in:

     > ### Name: Subset
     > ### Title: Subsets/filters a data frame and drops the unused levels.
     > ### Aliases: Subset filterD
     > ### Keywords: misc
     >
     > ### ** Examples
     >
     > ## The problem -- note use of unused level in the final table.
     > levels(iris$Species)

     [1] "setosa" "versicolor" "virginica"

     > iris.set1 <- subset(iris,Species=="setosa" | Species=="versicolor")
     > levels(iris.set1$Species)

     [1] "setosa" "versicolor" "virginica"

     > xtabs(~Species,data=iris)

     Species
      setosa versicolor virginica
      50 50 50

     >
     > ## A simpler fix using Subset
     > iris.set2 <- Subset(iris,Species=="setosa" | Species=="versicolor")

     Loading required namespace: gdata
     Failed with error: 'there is no package called 'gdata''
     Error: 'filterD' requires the 'gdata' package to be installed!
     Execution halted
Flavor: r-devel-windows-ix86+x86_64
Version: 0.8.1
Check: tests
Result: ERROR
     Running the tests in 'tests/test-all.R' failed.
     Last 13 lines of output:
      Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details.

      R is a collaborative project with many contributors.
      Type 'contributors()' for more information and
      'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in publications.

      Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or
      'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface to help.
      Type 'q()' to quit R.

      > library(testthat)

      Error in library(testthat) : there is no package called 'testthat'
      Execution halted
Flavor: r-devel-windows-ix86+x86_64
Version: 0.8.1
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Dr. Derek H. Ogle
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