Re: [Rd] wish list: automatic package installation

2009-04-19 Thread Hiroyuki Kawakatsu
Hi, Apologies for using this thread for something that is only tangentially related. Is there a mechanism in R to ensure that the configure.args used to build R is also used when installing packages? If not, I would like to add this as wish (perhaps we can grab this info from config.log?) At the

[Rd] wish list: automatic package installation

2009-04-18 Thread John Fox
Dear list members, The release of R 2.9.0, reminds me of a long-standing nit that I have to pick. I prefer not to transfer and update all of the packages in my old library, because I see a new release of R as an opportunity to start with a clean slate. I'd rather install packages as I need them. M