[R-pkg-devel] "no prebuilt vignette index" error
On my windows machine, I once installed qpdf to get things done, but I'm not sure if that applies here. https://sourceforge.net/projects/qpdf/ Linking to source code is also possible online, by the way: https://github.com/wch/r-source/blob/trunk/src/library/tools/R/QC.R#L6713 I use a little package to find such URLs from within R: https://github.com/brry/rskey#funsource Kind regards, Berry
From: R-package-devel <r-package-devel-bounces at r-project.org> on behalf of Daniel Kelley <Dan.Kelley at Dal.Ca>
Sent: Friday, August 25, 2017 23:39
To: R-package-devel at r-project.org
Cc: Daniel Kelley
Subject: [R-pkg-devel] "no prebuilt vignette index" error
Sent: Friday, August 25, 2017 23:39
To: R-package-devel at r-project.org
Cc: Daniel Kelley
Subject: [R-pkg-devel] "no prebuilt vignette index" error
QUESTION:
I wonder how to address the error that I?ve quoted in the subject line?
DETAILS:
I am using R 3.4.1 to build the ?oce? package, which helps with the analysis of oceanographic data. It?s several years old.
Lately, when I submit the ?oce? package to winbuilder using
devtools:build_win(version=?R-devel")
the message
Package has a VignetteBuilder field but no prebuilt vignette index.
is issued. I do not get this message with
devtools::build_win(version="R-release")
Using
rhub::check_for_cran()
I find that message for some machines, but not all of them.
My DESCRIPTION (https://github.com/dankelley/oce/blob/develop/DESCRIPTION) has
VignetteBuilder: knitr
and also
Suggests: knitr, rmarkdown
(amongst other suggestions). The file (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dankelley/oce/develop/vignettes/oce.Rmd)
vignettes/oce.Rnw
has YAML
---
title: "Oce"
author: "Dan Kelley and Clark Richards"
date: "`r Sys.Date()`"
output:
rmarkdown::html_vignette:
fig_caption: yes
vignette: >
%\VignetteIndexEntry{Oce}
%\VignetteEngine{knitr::rmarkdown}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
?
and in this YAML sequence, I?ve also tried replacing the second-last line with
%\VignetteEncoding{UTF-8}
I downloaded R 3.4.1 and see at lie 6703 of
src/library/tools/R/QC.R
that R wants to find a file named
build/vignette.rds
and (sure enough) that file is not in the tarball that is created with
R CMD BUILD oce
at the commandline, or with
devtools::build()
from within Rstudio. As an aside, the latter issues a warning
Warning in tools:::.build_packages() :
invalid value for '--compact-vignettes', assuming ?qpdf"
I?m not sure how to proceed to solve the problem I state in the second sentence of this email. And I?m not even positive that it *is* a problem, since it does not occur on all test systems.
Does anyone have any advice for further tests?
I?m sorry this email is very long ? I tried to be quite clear.
SIGNATURE:
Dan E. Kelley, Professor
Oceanography Department, Dalhousie University
PO BOX 15000
Halifax, NS, Canada
B3H 4R2
Dan.Kelley at Dal.CA
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