[Rd] Can't load XML_1.4-0.zip in last R devel

Herve Pages hpages at fhcrc.org
Sat Jan 6 04:59:20 CET 2007


Hi,

I can't load XML_1.4-0.zip in last R devel (Windows):

  R version 2.5.0 Under development (unstable) (2007-01-05 r40386)
  Copyright (C) 2007 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
  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.

  > install.packages('XML')
  --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
  trying URL 'http://cran.fhcrc.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.5/XML_1.4-0.zip'
  Content type 'application/zip' length 1647612 bytes
  opened URL
  downloaded 1608Kb

  package 'XML' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked

  The downloaded packages are in
          C:\Documents and Settings\biocbuild\Local
  Settings\tmpdir\RtmpXybdrb\downloaded_packages
  updating HTML package descriptions
  > library(XML)
  Error in Sys.putenv(names(x), as.character(unlist(x))) :
          wrong type for argument
  Error: .onLoad failed in 'loadNamespace' for 'XML'
  Error: package/namespace load failed for 'XML'
  >


I don't get this with R devel from 2006-12-05:

  R version 2.5.0 Under development (unstable) (2006-12-05 r40126)
  Copyright (C) 2006 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
  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.

  > install.packages('XML')
  --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
  trying URL 'http://cran.fhcrc.org/bin/windows/contrib/2.5/XML_1.4-0.zip'
  Content type 'application/zip' length 1647612 bytes
  opened URL
  downloaded 1608Kb

  package 'XML' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked

  The downloaded packages are in
          C:\Documents and Settings\biocbuild\Local
  Settings\tmpdir\RtmpaIcdrb\downloaded_packages
  updating HTML package descriptions
  > library(XML)
  >


Cheers,
H.



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