Eliminate '@import' by Incorporating Dependencies Directly into the Package // The purpose of this package is to remove the '@import' dependence of an external package by consolidating the functions into your package. This may be necessary when the '@import' package is decommissioned by CRAN, and you do not want your dependent package to also be decommissioned. The functions in this package recursively retrieve dependencies in the external package. It also performs the other needed bookkeeping, such as retrieving .Rd files in the man subdirectory.