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.kel...@dal.ca
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