R crashes when I run rgeos::gDistance

Hi,

This is my first post to R-sig-Geo.  I'm having trouble getting rgeos to
work.

Info on the server and packages I'm using:

$ *uname -a*
Linux some-server.somewhere.com 2.6.32-431.11.2.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Mar
25 19:59:55 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ *R --version*
R version 3.0.2 (2013-09-25) -- "Frisbee Sailing"
Copyright (C) 2013 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
Platform: x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu (64-bit)

$ *lsb_release -a*
LSB Version:
:base-4.0-amd64:base-4.0-noarch:core-4.0-amd64:core-4.0-noarch:graphics-4.0-amd64:graphics-4.0-noarch:printing-4.0-amd64:printing-4.0-noarch
Distributor ID: CentOS
Description: CentOS release 6.5 (Final)
Release: 6.5
Codename: Final

$ *rpm -qa | grep geos*
geos-devel-3.4.2-1.rhel6.x86_64
geos-3.4.2-1.rhel6.x86_64

$ *rpm -qa | grep gdal*
gdal-1.9.2-6.rhel6.x86_64
gdal-libs-1.9.2-6.rhel6.x86_64
gdal-devel-1.9.2-6.rhel6.x86_64
gdal-java-1.9.2-6.rhel6.x86_64

$ *R -q*

*library(rgeos)*

rgeos version: 0.3-8, (SVN revision 460)
GEOS runtime version: 3.4.2-CAPI-1.8.2 r3921
Polygon checking: TRUE

*example(gDistance)*

gDstnc> pt1 = readWKT("POINT(0.5 0.5)")

gDstnc> pt2 = readWKT("POINT(2 2)")

gDstnc> p1 = readWKT("POLYGON((0 0,1 0,1 1,0 1,0 0))")

gDstnc> p2 = readWKT("POLYGON((2 0,3 1,4 0,2 0))")

gDstnc> gDistance(pt1,pt2)
R: GeometryComponentFilter.cpp:34: virtual void
geos::geom::GeometryComponentFilter::filter_ro(const
geos::geom::Geometry*): Assertion `0' failed.
Aborted (core dumped)


I'd like to be able to use the gDistance function.  What should I do to fix
this?

Please let me know if any additional information would be helpful.

Thank you for your time,

Adrian

PS  I sent a near-identical email to r-help recently; only one person
responded, and they suggested I post to R-sig-Geo.

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