> Kevin Ushey
> on Wed, 20 Jul 2016 10:19:33 -0700 writes:
> On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 3:52 AM, Martin Maechler
> wrote:
>>> Jeroen Ooms
>>> on Wed, 20 Jul 2016 10:26:19 +0200 writes:
>>
>> > On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 6:46 PM, Kevin Ushey
wrote:
>>
On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 3:52 AM, Martin Maechler
wrote:
>> Jeroen Ooms
>> on Wed, 20 Jul 2016 10:26:19 +0200 writes:
>
> > On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 6:46 PM, Kevin Ushey
> wrote:
> >> R fails to install a package from source over a pre-existing package
> >> when the path t
> Jeroen Ooms
> on Wed, 20 Jul 2016 10:26:19 +0200 writes:
> On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 6:46 PM, Kevin Ushey wrote:
>> R fails to install a package from source over a pre-existing package
>> when the path to that package is a symlink, rather than a directory.
>> ...
On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 6:46 PM, Kevin Ushey wrote:
> R fails to install a package from source over a pre-existing package
> when the path to that package is a symlink, rather than a directory.
> ...
> I don't think anyone's reported this being an issue before
I ran into this as well a while back
R fails to install a package from source over a pre-existing package
when the path to that package is a symlink, rather than a directory. A
reproducible example to illustrate (using MASS as an example):
# create a temporary R library in tempdir
library <- tempfile()
if (!dir.exists(lib
