`var' broken in 1.8.0 alpha (2003-09-15)
Yes these two are related, but the e-mail subject is wrong:
It's *your* fault because you must have unpacked the new version
on top of an older one.
The official alpha version (Snapshots from here, or rsync) do
not have your problem:
Before a few days ago, there were files
src/library/base/R/var.R
src/library/base/R/cov.R
the newer R-alpha do not have them -- and if you use the old
files where you shouldn't --> you get the problem.
yes, thats the problem, however it is a problem with rsync. I update the tree via rsync -rC rsync.r-project.org::r-devel R an this does not remove those files: hothorn@www:~/software/R/src/library/base/R$ ls -la cov.R -rw-r--r-- 1 hothorn users 375 Sep 12 04:00 cov.R hothorn@www:~/software/R/src/library/base/R$ ls -la var.R -rw-r--r-- 1 hothorn users 361 Sep 12 04:00 var.R A possible fix is using rsync -rC --delete rsync.r-project.org::r-devel R (maybe one should add a hint in section 2.4 of the FAQ). Thank you for pointing this out! Best, Torsten
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