`update.packages' fails when a package with incorrect Version field is found in R_LIBS:
update.packages()
trying URL `http://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/PACKAGES' Content type `text/plain' length 49161 bytes opened URL .......... .......... .......... .......... ........ downloaded 48Kb Error in if (a[k] > b[k]) return(TRUE) else if (a[k] < b[k]) return(FALSE) : missing value where logical needed In addition: Warning message: NAs introduced by coercion The error comes from `newerVersion'. For me, the DESCRIPTION file of gee contains: Version: 4.13-3 (Gee version 98/1/27) which after b <- as.integer(strsplit(b, "[\\.-]")[[1]]) in `newerVersion' looks like "4 13 NA" and thows the error above. Torsten --please do not edit the information below-- Version: platform = i686-pc-linux-gnu arch = i686 os = linux-gnu system = i686, linux-gnu status = major = 1 minor = 3.0 year = 2001 month = 06 day = 22 language = R Search Path: .GlobalEnv, package:ctest, Autoloads, package:base -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-devel mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-devel-request@stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._