On 12 September 2009 at 09:52, Marc Schwartz wrote: | On Sep 12, 2009, at 9:49 AM, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: | | > | > R Extensions (Section 1.1.1, and using the 2.9.2 version) says | > | > The optional `OS_type' field specifies the OS(es) for which the | > package is intended. If present, it should be one of `unix' or | > `windows', and indicates that the package should only be installed | > on a | > platform with `.Platform$OS.type' having that value. | > | > and I am wondering if 'OS_type: unix' includes OS X or not. I am | > currently | > updating RInside which builds on the two unixy OS variants. Would I | > exclude | > OS X by picking OS_type: unix ? I don't think so but maybe this | > could be | > made more explicit in the paragraph above. | > | > Dirk | | Dirk, | | On OSX: | | > .Platform$OS.type | [1] "unix"
Thanks, that's exactly what I needed. Maybe one day when I grow up I can treat myself to one of these shiny computers ... | Remember that OSX is a BSD Unix derivative. "In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not." Never hurts to double-check. Thanks again! Dirk -- Three out of two people have difficulties with fractions. ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
