Reverse dependency checks?

[therneau]

The documentation doesn't say whether it does or it doesn't do reverse dependency checks.
Is there a simple batch interface? I could use one for survival (681 reverse deps), where "send me a message when you are done" is much simpler than leaving a web page or R job open for a long while. When I tried the web interface is says "something went wrong" after 2 min or so. Same thing if I open the link from an check() call in R (now rotating the spinning line for over an hour).

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[gaborcsardi]

The documentation doesn't say whether it does or it doesn't do reverse dependency checks.

That's because it does not. :)

Is there a simple batch interface?

Yes, the rhub R package, see https://docs.r-hub.io/#package-builder

I could use one for survival (681 reverse deps), where "send me a message when you are done" is much simpler than leaving a web page or R job open for a long while.

I suggest you use the https://github.com/r-lib/revdepcheck package for reverse dependency checks, on your machine. It works best on macOS and R-release.

When I tried the web interface is says "something went wrong" after 2 min or so. Same thing if I open the link from an check() call in R (now rotating the spinning line for over an hour).

Your job is probably in the queue. See rhub::list_my_checks() and/or rhub::get_check(<id>).

[maelle]

@gaborcsardi since it's the second time rev deps came up, can we merge r-hub/docs#20?

[maelle]

https://docs.r-hub.io/#revdeps now the docs are clearer (hopefully) @therneau 🙂