R help - Oct 2009 - 'R CMD check' fails with "evaluation nested too deeply: infinite recursion"

I get the error

Error : evaluation nested too deeply: infinite recursion /
options(expressions=)?

during a 'R CMD check ...'

on one of my packages. The reason seems to be that this package is
mutually dependent on another one (i.e. the DESCRIPTION files of package
A lists package B under "Depends" and vice versa). this might be bad
design (having bits in both packages needed by the other), but I believe
prior to R 2.9. this did not cause trouble. now the log file of the
'check' is something like



Installing *source* package 'roiutils' ...
** R
** exec
** preparing package for lazy loading
Loading required package: roiutils
Loading required package: fzrutils
=======================CUT (many more of the same)
=======================Loading required package: roiutils
Loading required package: fzrutils
Loading required package: roiutils
Error : evaluation nested too deeply: infinite recursion /
options(expressions=)?




i.e. it seems that R loads both packages again and again.

what am I missing/doing wrong?

thanks in advance

joerg

PS:

platform       powerpc-apple-darwin8.11.1  
arch           powerpc                     
os             darwin8.11.1                
system         powerpc, darwin8.11.1       
status                                     
major          2                           
minor          9.2                         
year           2009                        
month          08                          
day            24                          
svn rev        49384                       
language       R                           
version.string R version 2.9.2 (2009-08-24)

[Going through some old and from what I see unanswered messages

No, you cannot have a cycle in Imports / Depends / LinkingTo
otherwise you will run into an "the chicken or the egg" problem:
That declaration means that the other packages must be loadable on 
installation, for example.

You can try to declare "Depends" in one and to use
"Suggests" in the one
with less strong dependencies. If the dependency is too strong: Why not 
merge these essential parts of the functionality that depend on each 
other into one package?

Best wishes,
Uwe Ligges




Joerg van den Hoff wrote:
> I get the error
> 
> Error : evaluation nested too deeply: infinite recursion /
options(expressions=)?
> 
> during a 'R CMD check ...'
> 
> on one of my packages. The reason seems to be that this package is
> mutually dependent on another one (i.e. the DESCRIPTION files of package
> A lists package B under "Depends" and vice versa). this might be
bad
> design (having bits in both packages needed by the other), but I believe
> prior to R 2.9. this did not cause trouble. now the log file of the
> 'check' is something like
> 
> 
> 
> Installing *source* package 'roiutils' ...
> ** R
> ** exec
> ** preparing package for lazy loading
> Loading required package: roiutils
> Loading required package: fzrutils
> =======================CUT (many more of the same)
=======================> Loading required package: roiutils
> Loading required package: fzrutils
> Loading required package: roiutils
> Error : evaluation nested too deeply: infinite recursion /
options(expressions=)?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> i.e. it seems that R loads both packages again and again.
> 
> what am I missing/doing wrong?
> 
> thanks in advance
> 
> joerg
> 
> PS:
> 
> platform       powerpc-apple-darwin8.11.1  
> arch           powerpc                     
> os             darwin8.11.1                
> system         powerpc, darwin8.11.1       
> status                                     
> major          2                           
> minor          9.2                         
> year           2009                        
> month          08                          
> day            24                          
> svn rev        49384                       
> language       R                           
> version.string R version 2.9.2 (2009-08-24)
> 
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