Hi, Could someone point me to the relevant documentation that covers what should be in the DESCRIPTION file for packages that have functions imported via the NAMESPACE file? I have read the R Extensions manual, but I cannot find where it covers the DESCRIPTION file vis a vis importing from a namespace.
An example: I have a package foo that uses two functions x and y from package bar. Both packages have namespaces, and I just want to import the functions from bar rather than attaching the package. I put Imports: bar in my DESCRIPTION file and importFrom(bar, x, y) in my NAMESPACE file. I have a vignette that uses both x and y from bar, and when I run R CMD build foo, at the vignette building step it errors out because it cannot find function x. If I add Depends: bar to my DESCRIPTION file it all works, but bar is attached and it seems I have not accomplished what I wanted. I am obviously misunderstanding something but I don't know what. Best, Jim James W. MacDonald, M.S. Biostatistician Hildebrandt Lab 8220D MSRB III 1150 W. Medical Center Drive Ann Arbor MI 48109-0646 734-936-8662 ********************************************************** Electronic Mail is not secure, may not be read every day, and should not be used for urgent or sensitive issues ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
