----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dan Tenenbaum" <dtene...@fredhutch.org> > To: "Henrik Bengtsson" <h...@biostat.ucsf.edu> > Cc: "R-devel" <r-devel@r-project.org> > Sent: Monday, October 27, 2014 11:21:59 AM > Subject: Re: [Rd] OSX Yosemite (10.10): Are package binaries the same as for > OSX Mavericks (10.9)? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Henrik Bengtsson" <h...@biostat.ucsf.edu> > > To: "R-devel" <r-devel@r-project.org> > > Sent: Monday, October 27, 2014 11:16:10 AM > > Subject: [Rd] OSX Yosemite (10.10): Are package binaries the same > > as for OSX Mavericks (10.9)? > > > > I'm trying to help someone to troubleshoot possible OSX Yosemite > > issues, but I've only got access to OSX (< 10.9) so I cannot check > > myself. > > > > When building/installing binary R packages, there are different > > binaries depending on OSX version. For instance, CRAN provides > > different binaries for 'OS X Snow Leopard' and 'OS X Mavericks', > > e.g. > > http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/matrixStats/index.html. > > > > What about the new OSX Yosemite? From > > http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-devel/R-admin.html#Yosemite > > it > > looks like its binaries are the same/compatible with those of 'OS X > > Mavericks' - can someone please confirm this? Another way to put > > it, > > if a repository provides OSX Mavericks binaries will an OSX > > Yosemite > > user install these or we s/he fall back to installing from source? > > > > Yes, a Yosemite user will by default be installing packages built on > Mavericks using the Mavericks build of R, and they should work. >
Provided of course that that Yosemite user is using the Mavericks build of R. They could also be using the Snow Leopard build of R which should also work, and would be installing by default packages build on Snow Leopard using the Snow Leopard build of R. Dan > Dan > > > > Thanks > > > > Henrik > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > > > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel