R devel - Apr 2004 - Documentation error as of 1.8.1 (PR#6731)

Full_Name: Lanny Ripple
Version: 1.8.1
OS: Solaris 2.8
Submission from: (NULL) (128.107.253.42)


The "Writing R Extensions" manual states that an INDEX file will be
created with
Rdindex if the file is not provided.  The NEWS document indicates that Rdindex
was removed in version 1.8.0 (UTILITIES section).

What the manual actually says is

    (using Rdindex() from package tools) 

whereas the NEWS file says

    o	R CMD Rdindex has been removed.

which is not the same thing at all.  Rdindex was a script and Rdindex()  
is an R function.

Please do read very carefully the section in the R FAQ about reporting 
BUGS.


On Fri, 2 Apr 2004 lanny@cisco.com wrote:
> Full_Name: Lanny Ripple
> Version: 1.8.1
> OS: Solaris 2.8
> Submission from: (NULL) (128.107.253.42)
> 
> 
> The "Writing R Extensions" manual states that an INDEX file will
be
> created with Rdindex if the file is not provided.  The NEWS document
> indicates that Rdindex was removed in version 1.8.0 (UTILITIES section).
-- 
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