[Rd] R crashes when installing package from CRAN (PR#3399)

[Prof Brian Ripley]

It is not reproducible on either on my XP systems, either.

On Fri, 4 Jul 2003, Renaud Lancelot wrote:

> Duncan Murdoch wrote:
> > On Fri, 4 Jul 2003 14:18:08 +0200 (MET DST), you wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>Full_Name: Renaud Lancelot
> >>Version: 1.7.1.
> >>OS: MS Windows XP Pro
> >>Submission from: (NULL) (213.154.92.224)
> >>
> >>
> >>R crashes when installing package from CRAN (from the menu). The bug seems to be
> >>reproducible, at least on my system:
> >>
> >>1. Open R
> >>2. Install package from CRAN: install 1 package
> >>3. Back to R: delete file ("y" at the prompt) and wait till package is fully
> >>installed
> >>4. Go back to the menu "Install package from CRAN" then R crashes
> > 
> > 
> > This isn't reproducible on my system, also running XP Pro.  Can you
> > reproduce on a different machine?
> > 
> > Duncan Murdoch
> > 
> 
> I just reproduced it on a system where Win XP Pro was just installed 
> (from scrash) and where I installed R for the purpose of testing the 
> error. I did not install DrMingw yet and cannot give more precision. I 
> am connected to the Interned with an ADSL modem.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Renaud
> 
> 

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