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In r-lib/depends: Package Dependency Resolution and Downloads

It has always has columns: \itemize{ \item \code{biocviews}: the corresponding field from \code{DESCRIPTION}, it must be present for all Bioconductor packages, other packages typically don't have it. \item \code{built}: the \code{Built} field from \code{DESCRIPTION}. \item \code{depends}, \code{suggests}, \code{Imports}, \code{linkingto}, \code{enhances}: the corresponding fields from the \code{DESCRIPTION} files. \item \code{deps}: A list or data frames, the dependencies of the package. It has columns: \code{ref}, \code{type} (dependency type in lowercase), \code{package} (dependent package, or \code{R}), \code{op} and \code{version}, for last two are for version requirement. \code{op} can be \code{>=}, \code{>}, \code{==} or \code{<=}, although the only the first one is common in practice. \item \code{library}: path to the package library containing the package. \item \code{license}: from \code{DESCRIPTION}. \item \code{md5sum}: from \code{DESCTIPTION}, typically \code{NA}, except on Windows. \item \code{needscompilation}: from \code{DESCRIPTION}, this column is logical. \item \code{package}: package name. \item \code{platform}: from the \code{Built} field in \code{DESCRIPTION}, the current platform if missing from \code{DESCRIPTION}. \item \code{priority}: from \code{DESCRIPTION}, usually \code{base}, \code{recommended}, or missing. \item \code{ref}: the corresponding \verb{installed::*} package reference. \item \code{repository}: from \code{DESCRIPTION}. For packages from a CRAN repository this is \code{CRAN}, some other repositories, e.g. R-universe adds the repository URL here. \item \code{repotype}: \code{cran}, \code{bioc} or missing. \item \code{rversion}: from the \code{Built} field. If no such field, then the current R version. \item \code{sysreqs}: the \code{SystemRequirements} field from \code{DESCRIPTION}. \item \code{title}: package title. \item \code{type}: always \code{installed}. \item \code{version}: package version (as string). }

Most of these columns are unchanged from \code{DESCRIPTION}, but pak also adds a couple. \subsection{Notes:}{ \itemize{ \item In addition, it also has all \verb{remote} and \verb{config/needs/} entries from the \code{DESCRIPTION} files. (Case insensitive.) \item All columns are of type \code{character}, except for \code{needscompilation}, which is logical and \code{deps}, which is a list columns. \item If an entry is missing for a package, it is set to \code{NA}. \item Note that column names are lowercase, even if the corresponding entries are not in \code{DESCRIPTION}. \item The order of the columns is not deterministic, so don't assume any order. \item Additional columns might be present, these are internal for pak and should not be used in user code. } }

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