R won't start keeps crashing

<SNIP>

One way to end up with a "corrupted" workspace is to save it with a 
dependency on a particular package, then try to load it when that 
package is unavailable.  I'm going to see if R can handle that case 
more gracefully.

<SNIP>

Pardon me for breathing (which I never do anyway, so I don't know why I 
said it .... Oh God!
I'm so depressed!) but how does one save a workspace with a dependency 
on a package?
I couldn't do that even if I wanted to!  At least, I don't think I 
could! :-)

     cheers,

         Rolf (aka Marvin)