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options(pkg.use_bioconductor = FALSE) and new_pkg_deps

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Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
r
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Reproduce the issue using options(pkg.use_bioconductor = FALSE), current_config(), and new_pkg_deps("rvg"). Compare the displayed configuration with the attempted request for bioconductor.org/config.yaml. Done means either the option is honored during dependency resolution or the help page accurately explains its scope.

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Description

bug

The help page for current_config says:

    * Global options, set via ‘options()’. The name of the global
      option is the ‘pkg.’ prefix plus the name of the pkgdepends
      configuration entry. E.g. ‘pkg.platforms’.

which led me to believe that I could set

options(pkg.use_bioconductor = FALSE)

and indeed current_config() now says

    ## use_bioconductor
    <option>
    [1] FALSE

however when I run

pd <- new_pkg_deps("rvg")

it says

    Error in download.file(url, tmp, quiet = TRUE) : 
      cannot open URL 'http://bioconductor.org/config.yaml'

which makes me think the setting of pkg.use_bioconductor to FALSE is not being honored. Am I missing something?

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