Re: [Rd] Default for checkBuilt in update.packages() should be TRUE

2020-02-24 Thread Michael Dewey
I suppose it is too late to change the name but checkBuilt does not immediately clarify to me what it does. It does not check whether I have built a package for instance. Having read Duncan's post at least I now know that I should set it as TRUE until the default is changed. Michael On 24/02/

[Rd] Default for checkBuilt in update.packages() should be TRUE

2020-02-24 Thread Duncan Murdoch
The checkBuilt argument to update.packages() currently defaults to FALSE. This means that packages built and installed under R 3.6.2 will not be updated by R 4.0.0, and leads to confusion (e.g. https://stackoverflow.com/q/60356442/2554330, where tidyverse can't be updated because some of its m