[BioC] trouble with 'library(rhdf5)'

[Vincent Carey 525-2265]

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> I came across unexplainable (for me) things with
> the package rhdf5.
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> When starting R from my home directory, I get the following:
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> > library(rhdf5)
> Error in firstlib(which.lib.loc, package) :

           ^^^^^^^^  really?

> 	not an HDF5 file
> Error in library(rhdf5) : .First.lib failed

this sounds like a workspace left over from old attempts.
rhdf5 saves some information in .hdf5* files in the working
directory in which it was attached.
look for those and get rid of them if they are
causing problems.  i regret that i don't know their exact
function.

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> ..but when I start R from somewhere else (say /tmp/),
> everything works...
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>
> any hint ?
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>
> Laurent
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