My own examination of R-3.3.1 configure script is that configure will fail if libcurl 7.28+ is not present or present with ssl disabled [m4/R.m4 line 4215 thereafter]. Unless the code for `install.package` has significantly changed between 3.2.x and 3.3.x it is an unnecessary failure dictated by an unwillingness to have to support the alternatives. i.e.. not needing to explain what to do in when libcurl is not present or without ssl support. I doubt that install.package(“$some_package”,method=“$somemethod”) where $somemethod is CURL (command line) or WGET has disappeared. The R-3.2.1 package for RH7.1/centos7.1 is not compiled against libcurl or lack https support for example. An interesting experience I had at work today with a user.
François > On 27/10/2016, at 22:49, Jean-Pierre Flori <jpfl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Thursday, October 27, 2016 at 11:41:20 AM UTC+2, Jeroen Demeyer wrote: > On 2016-10-27 11:29, Francois Bissey wrote: > > R package system include downloading facility from repositories. > > That's fine but it should be possible to just run R without it's > packaging system. > Then I suggest a new solution: > [666] : > * patch R if curl (with https support) is not there and make curl an optional > package, > * not patch R if curl (with https support) is ther. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sage-devel" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
