Message-ID: <21475.11304.681077.696945@stat.math.ethz.ch>
Date: 2014-08-07T07:35:04Z
From: Martin Maechler
Subject: citation() command doesn't work in R.3.1.1
In-Reply-To: <8761i538aj.fsf@gmail.com>
>>>>> Igor Sosa Mayor <joseleopoldo1792 at gmail.com>
>>>>> on Wed, 6 Aug 2014 18:13:56 +0200 writes:
> Sverre Stausland <stausland.johnsen at iln.uio.no> writes:
>>> citation()
>> Error: $ operator is invalid for atomic vectors In
>> addition: Warning message: In packageDescription(pkg =
>> package, lib.loc = dirname(dir)) : no package 'base' was
>> found
> strange... I think something is wrong with the
> compilation, since as far as I know, the package `base'
> should be loaded automatically by starting R...
Even more:
R cannot be working at all without the base package. It's not a
package you can be without, ever.
So indeed, the error message maybe a teeny tiny tad misleading.
But to reiterate: It's only the broken state of your R,
not at all R 3.1.1 with this problem.
Please do note that we have tens of thousands of tests that must
have run without fault before R is released. Calling citation()
and >= 99% of all other base R functions is among these quality
assurance tests of an R release.
Martin Maechler (R core team)