[Rd] Suspect error in windows version of 3.60

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 27/04/2019 10:30 a.m., Len Weil wrote:
> Gentlemen,
> 
>   
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> I've observed a suspected bug in R-3.60 for Windows 10.
> 
> I am using the latest R version, but I have observed the same error in all
> releases: alpha, beta RC and released.
> 
> Also the same issue occurs in the 32 and 64 bit GUI versions.  The program
> header I invoke is:
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> R version 3.6.0 Patched (2019-04-26 r76431) -- "Planting of a Tree"
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> Copyright (C) 2019 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
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> Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)
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>   
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> Specifically, the menu selection Packages -> install packages fails.
> 
> When invoked, it simply echoes: utils:::menuInstallPkgs() and returns the
> prompt.
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> I found the underlying code with the getAnywhere function.
> 
> It displays:
> 
> getAnywhere(menuInstallPkgs)
> 
> A single object matching 'menuInstallPkgs' was found
> 
> It was found in the following places
> 
>    namespace:utils
> 
> with value
> 
>   
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> function (type = getOption("pkgType"))
> 
> {
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>      install.packages(NULL, .libPaths()[1L], dependencies = NA,
> 
>          type = type)
> 
> }
> 
> <bytecode: 0x0000000016c6a730>
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> <environment: namespace:utils>
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> The first argument, NULL, prevents the underlying function install.packages
> from working.

No, it is documented to trigger presentation of a list of packages to 
install.  That list takes time to download from CRAN, so perhaps you are 
just too impatient to wait for it, or perhaps it really is broken:  but 
the NULL is not the issue.

Duncan Murdoch

> I assume this is not intentional awaiting packages to catch up with the
> newer R format.
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> Thanks,
> 
> Len Weil
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