Sorry for the self-reply, however on the second point, I found the culprit. While my R directory was empty except for that one method declaration, I did (accidentally) have the line "Depends: ..., XML" in my description file (copied over from the original package). Since the XML package does have an internal 'updateIds' function, it must be causing the note. And since that function isn't exported, I didn't find it during my search.
CC:ing the XML package maintainer for his interest. -----Original Message----- From: McGehee, Robert Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 4:11 PM To: '[email protected]' Subject: Package Installation 'Notes' Question R Mac users, I have a couple of Mac-specific curiosities regarding package installation that I thought I'd ask the group. First, when installing packages on my Mac (and not elsewhere), I see a bunch of lines saying "Note: no visible binding for global variable 'xyz'" (and the like). A Google search on this phrase seemed to indicate that these notes can appear if one sets the _R_CHECK_USE_CODETOOLS_ variable. As I have not done this (and in fact have tried explicitly setting this variable to FALSE), I'm wondering if anyone knows why I get these extra notes on my Mac only. Second, a note that scrolls by for one package installation that I find particularly unusual is the following: Note: possible error in 'updateIds(doc, save = x)': Unused argument(s) (save = x) I've managed to whittle down my package into a single method declaration in the R directory that produces this note. setMethod("Ops", signature("x", "x"), function(e1, e2) {}) However, there is no 'updateIds' function, and I can't seem to find that function anywhere in the R code base (or mine). Does anyone know what this means, and why I get it? Again, I can't seem to reproduce this on my Linux installation, only Mac. Thanks! > R.version _ platform x86_64-apple-darwin10.7.0 arch x86_64 os darwin10.7.0 system x86_64, darwin10.7.0 status major 2 minor 13.0 year 2011 month 04 day 13 svn rev 55427 language R version.string R version 2.13.0 (2011-04-13) ## Here's how I build R, in case that matters. $BUILDDIR/R-$RVERS/configure r_arch=x86_64 \ --prefix="$PREFIX/R/R-${RVERS}" \ --build=$BUILD \ --with-x --with-aqua=yes --enable-R-framework=no \ --with-blas='-framework vecLib' --with-lapack \ --x-libraries=/usr/X11/lib --x-includes=/usr/X11/include && \ make bytecode && \ make install && \ Robert McGehee, CFA Geode Capital Management, LLC One Post Office Square, 28th Floor | Boston, MA | 02109 Direct: (617)392-8396 This e-mail, and any attachments hereto, are intended fo...{{dropped:11}} _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
