Problem configuring R-patched
Martin Maechler wrote:
Duncan> I believe there are two kinds of tar files. The daily
Duncan> snapshots don't include the recommended packages, the
Duncan> releases do.
eeehm, no: The daily snapshots do contain the recommended packages,
and have for quite a while now.
Duncan> Or perhaps the test is a recent addition.
only for a pretty generous definition of "recent".
To be honest, I don't know what Kevin's problem could be.
The daily snapshots are really produced here at ETH Zurich and
daily mirrored from here to CRAN. I can see that the
R-patched_2005-08-04.tar.gz
does contain the recommended packages.
Maybe your download wasn't completed; your disk full; or you
have a gnome in your computer who occasionally deletes some of
your files? I've had similar feelings a few times in the
past...
Kevin> Both versions were R-patched.tar.gz as opposed to the
Kevin> devel sets which looks like it's actually a link to
Kevin> the most recent. Maybe I incorrectly assumed that
Kevin> Maybe I incorrectly assumed that the patched tarballs
Kevin> contained the recommended packages.
actually that was a correct assumption.
Martin Maechler, ETH Zurich
I still don't know why it didn't work observe (sorry for the wrapping): kevin at rho:/home/src> tar tvzf R-patched.tar.gz | grep Recommended drwxr-xr-x local/local 0 2005-08-03 20:45:50 R-patched/src/library/Recommended/ -rw-r--r-- local/local 2394 2005-04-18 08:51:32 R-patched/src/library/Recommended/Makefile.in -rw-r--r-- local/local 20 2005-04-18 08:51:32 R-patched/src/library/Recommended/.cvsignore -rw-r--r-- local/local 25656 2005-04-18 08:58:17 R-patched/src/library/Recommended/KernSmooth_2.22-15.tar.gz -rw-r--r-- local/local 465529 2005-07-28 11:45:14 R-patched/src/library/Recommended/VR_7.2-17.tar.gz -rw-r--r-- local/local 179895 2005-07-28 11:45:14 R-patched/src/library/Recommended/boot_1.2-23.tar.gz -rw-r--r-- local/local 190975 2005-07-03 11:45:11 R-patched/src/library/Recommended/cluster_1.10.1.tar.gz -rw-r--r-- local/local 273520 2005-07-14 11:45:08 R-patched/src/library/Recommended/foreign_0.8-9.tar.gz -rw-r--r-- local/local 205131 2005-07-27 11:45:14 R-patched/src/library/Recommended/lattice_0.12-1.tar.gz -rw-r--r-- local/local 240276 2005-07-12 11:46:13 R-patched/src/library/Recommended/mgcv_1.3-4.tar.gz -rw-r--r-- local/local 662143 2005-07-26 11:45:13 R-patched/src/library/Recommended/nlme_3.1-62.tar.gz -rw-r--r-- local/local 110072 2005-04-19 11:45:20 R-patched/src/library/Recommended/rpart_3.1-23.tar.gz -rw-r--r-- local/local 846737 2005-06-10 11:45:23 R-patched/src/library/Recommended/survival_2.18.tar.gz lrwxrwxrwx local/local 0 2005-08-03 20:45:50 R-patched/src/library/Recommended/VR.tgz -> VR_7.2-17.tar.gz lrwxrwxrwx local/local 0 2005-08-03 20:45:50 R-patched/src/library/Recommended/boot.tgz -> boot_1.2-23.tar.gz lrwxrwxrwx local/local 0 2005-08-03 20:45:50 R-patched/src/library/Recommended/cluster.tgz -> cluster_1.10.1.tar.gz lrwxrwxrwx local/local 0 2005-08-03 20:45:50 R-patched/src/library/Recommended/foreign.tgz -> foreign_0.8-9.tar.gz lrwxrwxrwx local/local 0 2005-08-03 20:45:50 R-patched/src/library/Recommended/KernSmooth.tgz -> KernSmooth_2.22-15.tar.gz lrwxrwxrwx local/local 0 2005-08-03 20:45:50 R-patched/src/library/Recommended/lattice.tgz -> lattice_0.12-1.tar.gz lrwxrwxrwx local/local 0 2005-08-03 20:45:50 R-patched/src/library/Recommended/nlme.tgz -> nlme_3.1-62.tar.gz lrwxrwxrwx local/local 0 2005-08-03 20:45:50 R-patched/src/library/Recommended/mgcv.tgz -> mgcv_1.3-4.tar.gz lrwxrwxrwx local/local 0 2005-08-03 20:45:50 R-patched/src/library/Recommended/rpart.tgz -> rpart_3.1-23.tar.gz lrwxrwxrwx local/local 0 2005-08-03 20:45:50 R-patched/src/library/Recommended/survival.tgz -> survival_2.18.tar.gz It appears to me that the recommended packages were in the tarball. I suppose it is largely immaterial now given I have successfully re-built R. Thanks your help.
Kevin E. Thorpe Biostatistician/Trialist, Knowledge Translation Program Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto email: kevin.thorpe at utoronto.ca Tel: 416.946.8081 Fax: 416.971.2462