Message-ID: <4B5DEDF5-3299-4406-BD3B-0FC03E9DB35D@r-project.org>
Date: 2006-04-28T17:46:34Z
From: Simon Urbanek
Subject: R 2.3 crashes when attempting package installation
In-Reply-To: <1146245544.445251a81df8a@webmailapp3.cc.utexas.edu>
Thanks, Matt.
On Apr 28, 2006, at 1:32 PM, mcohen at mail.la.utexas.edu wrote:
> I am using the latest R (2.3) within Emacs/ESS on an iMac G5.
>
> When I type "install.packages()" within R, the program crashes,
> generating the
> following error:
>
>> install.packages()
> --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
>
Problem #1 - the repository you try doesn't have the packages - try
the main CRAN site first and then some other mirror near you.
> *** caught segfault ***
> address 0x5f4d4550, cause 'memory not mapped'
>
Problem #2 - it shouldn't crash. Strangely enough this crash happens
even with old builds of R as well. I have traced it down to
localization of the HTTP code, but can't figure out why it should
die. Minimal reproducible code is
download.file("http://www.google.com/foo","/tmp/foo")
(the site doesn't matter as long as it responds with 404). I'll see
if I can come up with a fix (possibly over the weekend) ...
Cheers,
Simon