On Mon, 2004-06-07 at 15:51, Gavin Simpson wrote: snip
> Thanks Roger and Marc, for suggesting I use ./tools/rsync-recommended > from within the R-patched directory. > > This seems to have done the trick as make completed without errors this > time round. The Recommended directory also contained the links to the > actual tar.gz files after doing the rsync command, so I guess this was > the problem (or at least related to it.) I'm off home now with the > laptop to see if I can finish make check-all and make install R. > > I have re-read the section describing the installation process for > R-patched or R-devel in the R Installation and Administration manual > (from R.1.9.0) just in case I missed something. Section 1.2 of this > manual indicates that one can proceed *either* by downloading R-patched > and then the Recommended packages from CRAN and placing the tar.gz files > in R_HOME/src/library/Recommended, or by using rsync to download > R-patched, and then to get the Recommended packages. The two are quite > separately documented in the manual, and do seem to be in disagreement > with the R-sources page on the CRAN website, which doesn't mention the > manual download method (for Recommended) at all. > > Is there something wrong with the current Recommended files on CRAN, or > is the section in the R Installation & Admin manual out-of-date or in > error, or am I missing something vital here? This isn't a complaint: I'm > just pointing this out in case this is something that needs updating in > the documentation. > > All the best, > > Gavin Perhaps I am being dense, but in reviewing the two documents (R Admin and the CRAN sources page), I think that the only thing lacking is a description on the CRAN page of the manual download option for the Rec packages. You would need to go here now for 1.9.1 Alpha/Beta which is where the current r-patched is: http://www.cran.mirrors.pair.com/src/contrib/1.9.1/Recommended/ The standard links on CRAN are for the current 'released' version, which is still 1.9.0 for the moment. Procedurally, I think that the rsync approach is substantially easier (one step instead of multiple downloads) and certainly less error prone. Also the ./tools/rsync-recommended script is set up to pick up the proper package versions, which also helps to avoid conflicts. HTH, Marc ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html