Re: It is safe to assume that source only uploads will build against the r-api-3.5? (Was: Bug#896667: transition: r-base-3.5)

[Graham Inggs <ginggs@debian.org>]

On 01/06/2018 10:09, Graham Inggs wrote:
> On 1 June 2018 at 09:24, Graham Inggs <ginggs@debian.org> wrote:
> > Does anyone know why some packages, e.g. cluster, foreign, nlme and
> > rmatrix appear different on the tracker [1]?
> >
> > Did they lose their dependency on r-api-3.4 somewhere along the line?
> > Was this intentional?
> > Do they also need to be rebuilt?
> >
> >
> > [1] https://release.debian.org/transitions/html/r-base-3.5.html
>
> I believe this is the cause of the build failures like this one in
> r-cran-irlba [2].
>
>
> Error: package or namespace load failed for 'Matrix':
>   package 'Matrix' was installed by an R version with different
> internals; it needs to be reinstalled for use with this R version
> Error : package 'Matrix' could not be loaded
> ERROR: lazy loading failed for package 'irlba'
>
>
> [2] https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=r-cran-irlba

I don't see anything wrong with these source packages, as simply 
rebuilding them is enough for the r-api-3.5 dependency to appear.

Was there a bug in dh-r at the time these were uploaded?

Anyway, I believe they do need to be rebuilt.
Emilio, would you schedule these for binNMU as well please?
Can you pick them up from the tracker, or would you prefer me to provide 
a list?