[R] Problem configuring R-patched

[Kevin E. Thorpe]

Martin Maechler wrote:
>     Duncan> I believe there are two kinds of tar files.  The daily
>     Duncan> snapshots don't include the recommended packages, the
>     Duncan> releases do.
> 
> eeehm, no: The daily snapshots do contain the recommended packages,
> and have for quite a while now.
> 
>     Duncan> Or perhaps the test is a recent addition.
> 
> only for a pretty generous definition of "recent".
> 
> To be honest, I don't know what Kevin's problem could be.
> 
> The daily snapshots are really produced here at ETH Zurich and
> daily mirrored from here to CRAN. I can see that the 
> 	 R-patched_2005-08-04.tar.gz
> does contain the recommended packages.
> 
> Maybe your download wasn't completed; your disk full; or you
> have a gnome in your computer who occasionally deletes some of
> your files?  I've had similar feelings a few times in the
> past...
> 
>     Kevin> Both versions were R-patched.tar.gz as opposed to the
>     Kevin> devel sets which looks like it's actually a link to
>     Kevin> the most recent.  Maybe I incorrectly assumed that
> 
>     Kevin> Maybe I incorrectly assumed that the patched tarballs
>     Kevin> contained the recommended packages.
> 
> actually that was a correct assumption.
> 
> Martin Maechler, ETH Zurich

I still don't know why it didn't work observe (sorry for the wrapping):

kevin at rho:/home/src> tar tvzf R-patched.tar.gz | grep Recommended
drwxr-xr-x local/local       0 2005-08-03 20:45:50 
R-patched/src/library/Recommended/
-rw-r--r-- local/local    2394 2005-04-18 08:51:32 
R-patched/src/library/Recommended/Makefile.in
-rw-r--r-- local/local      20 2005-04-18 08:51:32 
R-patched/src/library/Recommended/.cvsignore
-rw-r--r-- local/local   25656 2005-04-18 08:58:17 
R-patched/src/library/Recommended/KernSmooth_2.22-15.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- local/local  465529 2005-07-28 11:45:14 
R-patched/src/library/Recommended/VR_7.2-17.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- local/local  179895 2005-07-28 11:45:14 
R-patched/src/library/Recommended/boot_1.2-23.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- local/local  190975 2005-07-03 11:45:11 
R-patched/src/library/Recommended/cluster_1.10.1.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- local/local  273520 2005-07-14 11:45:08 
R-patched/src/library/Recommended/foreign_0.8-9.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- local/local  205131 2005-07-27 11:45:14 
R-patched/src/library/Recommended/lattice_0.12-1.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- local/local  240276 2005-07-12 11:46:13 
R-patched/src/library/Recommended/mgcv_1.3-4.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- local/local  662143 2005-07-26 11:45:13 
R-patched/src/library/Recommended/nlme_3.1-62.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- local/local  110072 2005-04-19 11:45:20 
R-patched/src/library/Recommended/rpart_3.1-23.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- local/local  846737 2005-06-10 11:45:23 
R-patched/src/library/Recommended/survival_2.18.tar.gz
lrwxrwxrwx local/local       0 2005-08-03 20:45:50 
R-patched/src/library/Recommended/VR.tgz -> VR_7.2-17.tar.gz
lrwxrwxrwx local/local       0 2005-08-03 20:45:50 
R-patched/src/library/Recommended/boot.tgz -> boot_1.2-23.tar.gz
lrwxrwxrwx local/local       0 2005-08-03 20:45:50 
R-patched/src/library/Recommended/cluster.tgz -> cluster_1.10.1.tar.gz
lrwxrwxrwx local/local       0 2005-08-03 20:45:50 
R-patched/src/library/Recommended/foreign.tgz -> foreign_0.8-9.tar.gz
lrwxrwxrwx local/local       0 2005-08-03 20:45:50 
R-patched/src/library/Recommended/KernSmooth.tgz -> 
KernSmooth_2.22-15.tar.gz
lrwxrwxrwx local/local       0 2005-08-03 20:45:50 
R-patched/src/library/Recommended/lattice.tgz -> lattice_0.12-1.tar.gz
lrwxrwxrwx local/local       0 2005-08-03 20:45:50 
R-patched/src/library/Recommended/nlme.tgz -> nlme_3.1-62.tar.gz
lrwxrwxrwx local/local       0 2005-08-03 20:45:50 
R-patched/src/library/Recommended/mgcv.tgz -> mgcv_1.3-4.tar.gz
lrwxrwxrwx local/local       0 2005-08-03 20:45:50 
R-patched/src/library/Recommended/rpart.tgz -> rpart_3.1-23.tar.gz
lrwxrwxrwx local/local       0 2005-08-03 20:45:50 
R-patched/src/library/Recommended/survival.tgz -> survival_2.18.tar.gz


It appears to me that the recommended packages were in the tarball.

I suppose it is largely immaterial now given I have successfully
re-built R.

Thanks your help.

-- 
Kevin E. Thorpe
Biostatistician/Trialist, Knowledge Translation Program
Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences
Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
email: kevin.thorpe at utoronto.ca  Tel: 416.946.8081  Fax: 416.971.2462