Re: [Rd] error message when running news()
> Duncan Murdoch writes: > On 22/11/2009 7:34 AM, Gabor Grothendieck wrote: >> When running news() in I get this error message from print.news_db: >> >>> news() >> Error: invalid version specification 2.0.12.0.1 patched2.1.02.1.12.1.1 >> patched2.10.02.10.0 patched2.2.02.2.12.2.1 patched2.3.02.3.12.3.1 >> patched2.4.02.4.12.4.1 patched2.5.02.5.12.5.1 >> patched2.6.02.6.12.6.22.6.2 patched2.7.02.7.12.7.22.7.2 >> patched2.8.02.8.12.8.1 patched2.9.02.9.12.9.22.9.2 patched >>> R.version.string >> [1] "R version 2.10.0 Patched (2009-11-21 r50532)" > This is also present in R-devel. It's an error in utils:::print.news_db. > The problem is that versions like "2.0.1 patched" can't be converted to > numeric versions, but print.news_db tries to do it to sort the entries. > The repetitive message is just a bad error message from > .make_numeric_version. > Presumably the intention is that "2.0.1 patched" should compare bigger > than "2.0.1" and less than "2.0.2", but I don't know the best fix for this. > Duncan Murdoch I'll have a look. -k __ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
Re: [Rd] error message when running news()
On 22/11/2009 7:34 AM, Gabor Grothendieck wrote: When running news() in I get this error message from print.news_db: news() Error: invalid version specification 2.0.12.0.1 patched2.1.02.1.12.1.1 patched2.10.02.10.0 patched2.2.02.2.12.2.1 patched2.3.02.3.12.3.1 patched2.4.02.4.12.4.1 patched2.5.02.5.12.5.1 patched2.6.02.6.12.6.22.6.2 patched2.7.02.7.12.7.22.7.2 patched2.8.02.8.12.8.1 patched2.9.02.9.12.9.22.9.2 patched R.version.string [1] "R version 2.10.0 Patched (2009-11-21 r50532)" This is also present in R-devel. It's an error in utils:::print.news_db. The problem is that versions like "2.0.1 patched" can't be converted to numeric versions, but print.news_db tries to do it to sort the entries. The repetitive message is just a bad error message from .make_numeric_version. Presumably the intention is that "2.0.1 patched" should compare bigger than "2.0.1" and less than "2.0.2", but I don't know the best fix for this. Duncan Murdoch __ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
[Rd] error message when running news()
When running news() in I get this error message from print.news_db: > news() Error: invalid version specification 2.0.12.0.1 patched2.1.02.1.12.1.1 patched2.10.02.10.0 patched2.2.02.2.12.2.1 patched2.3.02.3.12.3.1 patched2.4.02.4.12.4.1 patched2.5.02.5.12.5.1 patched2.6.02.6.12.6.22.6.2 patched2.7.02.7.12.7.22.7.2 patched2.8.02.8.12.8.1 patched2.9.02.9.12.9.22.9.2 patched > R.version.string [1] "R version 2.10.0 Patched (2009-11-21 r50532)" __ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
