It works on Solaris 8 for me, and this is checked as part of the alpha/beta process.
The code is the same on Linux and Solaris, after all, so this would have to be a Solaris shell bug. On Thu, 13 Oct 2005, Uwe Ligges wrote: > Paul Gilbert wrote: > >> >> >> Uwe Ligges wrote: >> >>> Dean, David P wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Dear list, >>>> >>>> I've just installed R-2.2.0 under Solaris and have a question about >>>> installing packages. If a package fails to install for any reason and >>>> I go >>>> to install another package, I get this message: >>>> >>>> $ R-2.2.0-64bit --vanilla CMD INSTALL >>>> ~/srca/cran/RSQLite_0.4-0.tar.gz ERROR: failed to lock directory >>>> '/app/openpkg/lib/R-2.2.0-64bit/lib/R/library' for modifying >>>> Try removing '/app/openpkg/lib/R-2.2.0-64bit/lib/R/library/00LOCK' >>>> >>>> I can remove the lock directory by hand, and then the next package >>>> installs, >>>> but this makes it quite difficult to download and install a batch of >>>> packages from CRAN or Biocondctor! Is this lock directory a new >>>> feature with >>>> R-2.2.0? Is there a work around in the R build itself or the >>>> installation >>>> scripts? >>>> >>> >>> >>> No, not a new feature in R-2.2.0, it has been there for some time now. >>> >>> >> I have the impression the feature behaves slightly differently as of >> R-2.2.0. Now the 00LOCK file is not removed in Solaris when there is an >> unsuccessful install. (In Linux I think it does get removed.) > > Yes, under both Linux and Windows it is removed. > > Can anybody else check on Solaris, please? Or can David Dean debug on > his machine? > > In particular, we need exact system information, because it seems to be > an OS/platform specific problem. > > Uwe Ligges > > > > >> Paul Gilbert >> >>> After a *successful* installation, the 00LOCK directory should be >>> deleted by the installation tools themselves. >>> After an unsuccessful installation, the installation tools should >>> restore the stuff in the 00LOCK directory. >>> Do you abort the installtion manually (this is the only way I figured >>> out how not to remove 00LOCK automatically)? >>> >>> Uwe Ligges >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> Much thanks!!! >>>> --------------------- David P Dean >>>> Research Informatics >>>> PGRD Groton Labs >>>> (860)-441-5053 >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> LEGAL NOTICE\ Unless expressly stated otherwise, this >>>> messag...{{dropped}} >>>> >>>> ______________________________________________ >>>> R-devel@r-project.org mailing list >>>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel >>>> >>> >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> R-devel@r-project.org mailing list >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel >>> >>> > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > > -- Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel