installing online help (PR#423)
From: jlindsey@alpha.luc.ac.be Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 12:29:24 +0100 (MET) When I attempt to install the online help for R.99 on Intel RH5.2, I get the following message Substitution loop at /usr/local/src/R/etc/Rdconvlib.pl line 1589, <rdfile>
chunk 171
and it stops after a few files. Each time I rerun it, it gets a bit further and gives a different number at the end. I commented out the line 1589 and it works.
This appears to be a bug in the Perl included with RH5.2. Adrian Trapletti (and Fritz Leisch) reports: I had exactly the same problem, also under RH5.2. I upgraded to perl version 5.005_03 and now it works. Perl 5.005_02 works for me on Solaris, too. [I am just filing Adrian's report on R-bugs for the record.]
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