Package parallel missing from CRAN_package_db

Dear all,

I am using the CRAN_package_db function to determine whether the head versions of certain packages match those I need. The parallel package though, is missing from the database:

pdb <- tools:::CRAN_package_db()
pdb[pdb$Package=="parallel",]["Package"]

[1] Package
<0 rows> (or 0-length row.names)

Is this a bug that needs to be reported (where?) ? Or is there other reason for this package to be missing from the database?

pdb[pdb$Package=="stats",]["Package"]

pdb[pdb$Package=="splines",]["Package"]

pdb[pdb$Package=="tools",]["Package"]

Dear all,

I am using the CRAN_package_db function to determine whether the head versions of certain packages match those I need. The parallel package though, is missing from the database:

pdb <- tools:::CRAN_package_db()
pdb[pdb$Package=="parallel",]["Package"]

[1] Package
<0 rows> (or 0-length row.names)

Is this a bug that needs to be reported (where?) ? Or is there other reason for this package to be missing from the database?

Thank you.

--
Lu?s

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Hi Lu?s,

The parallel package is built-in, and so is not distributed via cran.

You'll see the same thing for all the built in packages, e.g.,

pdb[pdb$Package=="stats",]["Package"]

[1] Package

<0 rows> (or 0-length row.names)

pdb[pdb$Package=="splines",]["Package"]

[1] Package

<0 rows> (or 0-length row.names)

pdb[pdb$Package=="tools",]["Package"]

[1] Package

<0 rows> (or 0-length row.names)

--Ista

On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 8:23 AM, Lu??s Moreira de Sousa via R-help

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Dear all,

I am using the CRAN_package_db function to determine whether the head versions of certain packages match those I need. The parallel package though, is missing from the database:

pdb <- tools:::CRAN_package_db()

pdb[pdb$Package=="parallel",]["Package"]

[1] Package

<0 rows> (or 0-length row.names)

Is this a bug that needs to be reported (where?) ? Or is there other reason for this package to be missing from the database?

Thank you.

--

Lu?s

Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email.

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