[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I get (reproducible) segfaults when I try to update my packages, and > was wondering whether anyone knows why this might be happening. > > I am trying to update my packages: > 1. I start R via sudo in a terminal > 2. I type update.packages() - a Tcl/Tk list pops up, I select a mirror > 3. R segfaults. > > Maybe I need to update to a newer version of R or something?
Yes. Uwe Ligges > Slightly OT, but does anyone know where coredumps end up on Mac OS X? > > Thanks. > > > > Some details are below. > output: > -8<----------------------------------------------------------- > $ sudo R > > R : Copyright 2006, The R Foundation for Statistical Computing > Version 2.3.1 (2006-06-01) > ISBN 3-900051-07-0 > > R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. > You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. > Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details. > > Natural language support but running in an English locale > > R is a collaborative project with many contributors. > Type 'contributors()' for more information and > 'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in publications. > > Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or > 'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface to help. > Type 'q()' to quit R. > >> update.packages() > --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session --- > Loading Tcl/Tk interface ... done > > *** caught segfault *** > address 0x5f4d4550, cause 'memory not mapped' > > Traceback: > 1: download.file(url = paste(repos, "PACKAGES.gz", sep = "/"), destfile = > tmpf, method = method, cacheOK = FALSE, quiet = TRUE, mode = "wb") > 2: try(download.file(url = paste(repos, "PACKAGES.gz", sep = "/"), > destfile = tmpf, method = method, cacheOK = FALSE, quiet = TRUE, mode = > "wb"), silent = TRUE) > 3: available.packages(contriburl = contriburl, method = method) > 4: update.packages() > > Possible actions: > 1: abort (with core dump) > 2: normal R exit > 3: exit R without saving workspace > 4: exit R saving workspace > Selection: 1 > aborting ... > Segmentation fault > -8<----------------------------------------------------------- > > I am running Mac OS X 10.4.9 on Dual PowerPC G5, R 2.3.1. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > 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. ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list 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.
