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...t should instead be using that errmsg() function to print the more helpful error message: "invalid value of LazyData field in DESCRIPTION". I've traced it down to this line of code in tools:::.install_packages() https://github.com/wch/r-source/blob/trunk/src/library/tools/R/install.R#L977 . The errmsg() function actually is defined earlier on in the function, but there seems to be a scoping issue that makes it not available here. I've uploaded a sample project to reproduce the bug here: https://github.com/agwells/R-CMD-INSTALL-bug I'm running R version 3.4.2 (2017-09-28),...

...hat errmsg() function to print the more > helpful error message: "invalid value of LazyData field in DESCRIPTION". > I've traced it down to this line of code in tools:::.install_packages() > https://github.com/wch/r-source/blob/trunk/src/library/tools/R/install.R#L977 > . The errmsg() function actually is defined earlier on in the function, > but there seems to be a scoping issue that makes it not available here. > I've uploaded a sample project to reproduce the bug here: > https://github.com/agwells/R-CMD-INSTALL-bug > I...