[Fedora-r-devel-list] R package dependencies, translated into RPM land.
José Matos
jamatos at fc.up.pt
Wed Sep 30 17:51:27 UTC 2009
On Friday 04 September 2009 Allen S. Rout wrote:
> So: Here's my suggested procedure for building any single package,
> gangked from a message I sent to R-core:
>
>
> 1) Express binary package dependencies according to Depends and Imports.
> I'll call this the 'narrow dependency graph'.
>
> 2) As part of the binary package build process, run CHECK
> with R_CHECK_FORCE_SUGGESTS = false.
>
> I'll pull nomenclature out of my ear and call these "built" but not
> "checked".
>
> 3) Build all binary packages which are downstream according to all of
> Depends, Imports, Suggests, and Extends. I'll call this the 'broad
> dependency graph'.
>
> 4) Install all the packages in the broad dependency graph.
>
> 5) for each package in the broad graph, run CHECK with
> R_CHECK_FORCE_SUGGESTS=true.
>
> Then the affected packages are "checked". Perhaps this can be noted
> with a signature.
>
>
> .... Whew!
>
>
>
> - Allen S. Rout
>
>
> [1] http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-exts.html#The-DESCRIPTION-file
>
> [2]
> http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-exts.html#Customizing-checking-and
> -building
Nice work, BTW, in case I have not said this before. It would be interesting
to have this analysis in a wiki so it is not lost. What do others think?
--
José Abílio
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