devtools::install and install_github do not pass on Additional_repositories on when installing deps? #1243
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Also, the discussion in the remotes vignette fails to mention |
@cboettig I just opened a PR that should address your issue (as long as you specify your repos appropriately) @eddelbuettel That vignette was written to explain the remotes feature of devtools, not as a general review of available CRAN alternatives. However if you would like |
Thanks @jimhester , very nice! |
@jimhester could do if you think it fits -- I was mostly coming from the 'well remotes is not the only way to do this' angle of actually mentioning the fact that CRAN now formally supports Additional_repositories. The remotes documentation, focused as it is, seems to imply it was the only game in town. |
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If I have package A that depends on package B, which depends on package C; and B & C are in the listed
Additional_repositories
drat repository, it seemsdevtools::install()
fails to find package C when trying to install B (and thus fails to install A & B). A simpleinstall.packages("A", repo="my.drat.repo")
works fine.For a concrete example:
Works just fine. But
fails by failing to install the suggested dependency
rrdf
becauserrdflibs
is "not available", even though both are on the drat repo.The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: