R-devel, There has been some confusion on the MatchIt package mailing list on the meaning of [--install=no] in the comment column of CRAN's automated package check. It's my understanding that, at the very least, a package marked like this will not have its test cases run each night. Are there other checks that are omitted? How, if at all, are such install flags related to the parameters one can pass R CMD check, such as --no-install, --no-test, etc.? Thanks, Jeff -- Jeff Enos Kane Capital Management jeff at kanecap.com
>>>>> Jeff Enos writes:> R-devel, > There has been some confusion on the MatchIt package mailing list on > the meaning of [--install=no] in the comment column of CRAN's > automated package check.> It's my understanding that, at the very least, a package marked like > this will not have its test cases run each night. Are there other > checks that are omitted?> How, if at all, are such install flags related to the parameters one > can pass R CMD check, such as --no-install, --no-test, etc.?'--install=no' indicates that the checks are run with this flag, which is the same as '--no-install': $ R CMD check --help 2>&1 | grep no-install --no-install skip installation and associated tests [This is necessary because MatchIt depends on Zelig which suggests VGAM which is not in any of the standard repositories ...] -k