[R] Installing R 2.7.2 on Windows with /LOADINF flag doesn't do anything

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 23/09/2008 7:11 AM, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
> On 23/09/2008 5:27 AM, michael watson (IAH-C) wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> I want to install R from a script, so am following
>> http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rw-FAQ.html#Can-I-customize-t
>> he-installation_003f.  
>>
>> I first installed R with the /SAVEINF="r_install_config.txt" flag and it
>> created a nice text file for me - perfect.
>>
>> I then uninstalled R, and re-installed from DOS with:
>>
>> R-2.7.2-win32.exe /LOADINF="r_install_config.txt"
>>
>> Windows loaded up the installer anyway, and even worse, none of the
>> options I had changed were set in the installer, they were still the
>> defaults.
>>
>> Am I using that flag incorrectly?!
> 
> The installer is built with Inno Setup (see www.innosetup.com).  I just 
> tried the lines above, and I see that some of the defaults are changed, 
> but not all.  The "startup options" do not get saved in the file.  These 
> are not standard Inno Setup settings, we customized them for R.
> 
> You can avoid the dialogs by using /SILENT or /VERYSILENT command line 
> options.
> 
> I've asked on the Inno Setup newsgroup whether there is support for 
> saving custom options in the INF file.  If so, I'll try to fix this for 
> 2.8.0.

Now fixed.  Please test an alpha/beta release; they should start 
appearing on CRAN tomorrow or the next day.

Duncan Murdoch