2011/4/12 Uwe Ligges <lig...@statistik.tu-dortmund.de>
> On 12.04.2011 14:52, Ian Davis wrote:
>
>> I really do appreciate the help from you and Douglas on resolving this
>> problem. However, I respectfully disagree on a few points:
>>
>> - install.packages() was broken and failing to install successfully.
>>
>
> install.packages() works well, it is *not* broken.
>
Perhaps I was unclear in my choice of words -- install.packages() *is* not
"broken" in the general sense; it does work well, most of the time.
However, at the time I reported the problem, it *was* failing to install
plyr, using three different mirrors. That is,
install.packages("plyr")
gave an error message and did not successfully install the package, whether
I specified the mirror at CMU, NIH, or UNC-CH. That's all I meant by
"broken". I understand that you believe this *should not* or even *cannot*
happen, but I'm telling you that it did. This may indicate there is a bug
in the mirroring process, in that, under exceptional conditions yet to be
identified, install.packages() et al. are unable to retrieve correct,
consistent information from a mirror for a period of time.
Again, to be clear, I'm not protesting that the *newest* packages were
unavailable on these three mirrors. I'm protesting that *no version at all*
of plyr was available from these three mirrors, using install.packages(), at
the time I reported the problem. I'll leave it at this -- I'm only trying
to help out by reporting a bug in the process. If no one cares, I'll shut
up and sit down.
Regards,
Ian
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