On Thu, May 2, 2019 at 9:36 AM Martin Maechler <maech...@stat.math.ethz.ch> wrote: > > >>>>> Shuguang Sun > >>>>> on Thu, 2 May 2019 12:57:37 +0800 writes: > > > Hi all, > > When I try to compile R 3.6 in windows 10 in Rtools35, it raised the > error message: > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > > make rsync-extsoft > > (mkdir -p ../../extsoft; \ > > cd ../../extsoft; \ > > rsync --timeout=60 -rcvp --delete > cran.r-project.org::CRAN/bin/windows/extsoft/3.6/ . ) > > receiving incremental file list > > rsync: change_dir "/bin/windows/extsoft/3.6" (in CRAN) failed: No such > file or directory (2) > > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > > There is no "windows/extsoft/3.6/" and only up to 3.5. > > > Best Regards, > > Shuguang Sun > > Indeed. > If you look at this FTP directory in a capabable browser (such > as Emacs), you see > > Dec 22 2014 3.2 > Jun 16 2016 3.3 > Jul 6 2016 3.4 -> 3.3 > May 8 2017 3.5 -> 3.3 > > So it seems the CRAN team (or the R Core release master?) forgot > to make that symbolic link there.
I think that might be my responsibility (not entirely sure honestly). I'll add that directory and include the current versions of the libs we use to build the official r-base on Windows. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
