* using log directory ‘/srv/hornik/tmp/CRAN_pretest/qfa.Rcheck’ * using R Under development (unstable) (2026-03-24 r89696) * using platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu * R was compiled by Debian clang version 21.1.8 (3+b1) Debian flang version 21.1.8 (3+b1) * running under: Debian GNU/Linux forky/sid * using session charset: UTF-8 * current time: 2026-03-25 13:59:34 UTC * checking for file ‘qfa/DESCRIPTION’ ... OK * checking extension type ... Package * this is package ‘qfa’ version ‘5.0’ * package encoding: UTF-8 * checking CRAN incoming feasibility ... [4s/19s] NOTE Maintainer: ‘Ta-Hsin Li ’ Found the following (possibly) invalid URLs: URL: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/births.htm (moved to https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/births.htm) From: man/birthweight.Rd Status: 301 Message: Moved Permanently For content that is 'Moved Permanently', please change http to https, add trailing slashes, or replace the old by the new URL. The Description field should not start with the package name, 'This package' or similar. The Description field contains splines,'' arXiv:2603.22408. Please refer to arXiv e-prints via their arXiv DOI . * checking package namespace information ... OK * checking package dependencies ... OK * checking if this is a source package ... OK * checking if there is a namespace ... OK * checking for executable files ... OK * checking for hidden files and directories ... OK * checking for portable file names ... OK * checking for sufficient/correct file permissions ... OK * checking whether package ‘qfa’ can be installed ... [7s/7s] OK * used C compiler: ‘Debian clang version 21.1.8 (3+b1)’ * used Fortran compiler: ‘Debian flang version 21.1.8 (3+b1)’ * checking package directory ... OK * checking for future file timestamps ... OK * checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... NOTE Malformed Description field: should contain one or more complete sentences. * checking top-level files ... 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OK * checking usage of KIND in Fortran files ... OK * checking examples ... [11s/12s] ERROR Running examples in ‘qfa-Ex.R’ failed The error most likely occurred in: > base::assign(".ptime", proc.time(), pos = "CheckExEnv") > ### Name: sqr > ### Title: Spline Quantile Regression by Formula > ### Aliases: sqr > > ### ** Examples > > library(quantreg) Loading required package: SparseM > data(engel) > engel$income <- (engel$income - mean(engel$income))/1000 > tau <- seq(0.1,0.9,0.05) > fit <- rq(foodexp ~ income,tau=tau,data=engel) > fit.sqr1 <- sqr(foodexp ~ income,tau=tau,spar=0.5,method="sqr1",data=engel) > fit.sqr3 <- sqr(foodexp ~ income,tau=tau,spar=0.5,method="sqr3",data=engel) Error in piqp::solve_piqp(P = B, c = b, A = A, b = a, x_lb = lb, x_ub = ub, : unused arguments (x_lb = lb, x_ub = ub) Calls: sqr -> sqr3.fit Execution halted * checking PDF version of manual ... [3s/3s] OK * checking HTML version of manual ... 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