Hi! Columns in demo/00Index must be separated with at least 3 spaces otherwise the following WARNING is issued during R CMD check ... * checking index information ... WARNING Demos with missing or empty index information: [1] "foo" ... After a search I found out that this is noted in file src/library/tools/R/read.00Index.R I suggest to update the manual in the following way. Regards, Gregor Index: doc/manual/R-exts.texi ==================================================================--- doc/manual/R-exts.texi (revision 42745) +++ doc/manual/R-exts.texi (working copy) @@ -560,8 +560,8 @@ of the extensions @file{.R} or @file{.r}. If present, the @file{demo} subdirectory should also have a @file{00Index} file with one line for each demo, giving its name and a description separated by white -space. (Note that it is not possible to generate this index file -automatically.) +space - at least 3 spaces or 1 tab. (Note that it is not possible to +generate this index file automatically.)