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returned instead of an object of class \code{"packageDescription"}.}
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returned instead of an object of class \code{"packageDescription"}.}
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\item{encoding}{If there is an \code{Encoding} field, to what encoding
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\item{encoding}{If there is an \code{Encoding} field, to what encoding
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should re-encoding be attempted? If \code{NA}, no re-encoding. The
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should re-encoding be attempted? If \code{NA}, no re-encoding. The
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other values are as used by \code{\link{iconv}}, so the default
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other values are as used by \code{\link{iconv}}, so the default
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\code{""} indicates the encoding of the current locale.}
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\code{""} indicates the encoding of the current locale.}
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\item{date.fields}{character vector field tags to be tried. The
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\item{date.fields}{character vector of field tags to be tried. The
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first for which \code{\link{as.Date}(.)} is not \code{\link{NA}}
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first for which \code{\link{as.Date}(.)} is not \code{\link{NA}}
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will be returned.}
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will be returned. (Partly experimental, see \emph{Note}.)}
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\item{tryFormats}{date formats to try, see \code{\link{as.Date.character}()}.}
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\item{tryFormats}{date formats to try, see \code{\link{as.Date.character}()}.}
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\item{desc}{optionally, a named \code{\link{list}} with components
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\item{desc}{optionally, a named \code{\link{list}} with components
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named from \code{date.fields}; where the default is fine, a
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named from \code{date.fields}; where the default is fine, a
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complete \code{packageDescription()} maybe specified as well.}
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complete \code{packageDescription()} maybe specified as well.}
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\item{built}{for \code{asDateBuilt()}, a \code{\link{character}}
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\item{built}{for \code{asDateBuilt()}, a \code{\link{character}}
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like \code{if (packageVersion("MASS") < "7.3") { do.things } }.
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like \code{if (packageVersion("MASS") < "7.3") { do.things } }.
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For \code{packageDate()}, if \code{desc} is valid, both \code{pkg} and
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For \code{packageDate()}, if \code{desc} is valid, both \code{pkg} and
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\code{lib.loc} are not made use of.
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\code{lib.loc} are not made use of.
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}
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}
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\note{The default behavior of \code{packageDate()}, notably for
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\code{date.fields}, is somewhat experimental and may change. Using
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single
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}
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\value{
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\value{
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If a \file{DESCRIPTION} file for the given package is found and can
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If a \file{DESCRIPTION} file for the given package is found and can
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successfully be read, \code{packageDescription} returns an object of
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successfully be read, \code{packageDescription} returns an object of
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class \code{"packageDescription"}, which is a named list with the
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class \code{"packageDescription"}, which is a named list with the
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values of the (given) fields as elements and the tags as names, unless
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values of the (given) fields as elements and the tags as names, unless
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