adds LinkingTo items to dependency reporter (resolves #303) #319
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This PR adds packages listed in the the "LinkingTo:" section of the
DESCRIPTIONfile to the list of dependencies. As noted in #303, these are overlooked today. Note, this also adds the recursive dependencies of the "LinkingTo:" packages to the graph.Our test package
milnehas hadRcppadded as a "LinkingTo:" dependency for unit testing. Here's a look atmilne's dependency network before and after this change.BEFORE
AFTER
What Does "LinkingTo:" do?
In short, if you want to reference C++ headers from another R package, you should list that package under "LinkingTo:".
More here 👉 https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45513058/what-does-linkingto-do-in-an-r-package