Re: [Rd] Outdated dependencies and install.packages()

2008-09-27 Thread Martin Maechler
> "PD" == Peter Dalgaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > on Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:53:58 +0200 writes: PD> Martin Maechler wrote: >>> "PD" == Peter Dalgaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> on Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:06:36 +0200 writes: >>> >> PD> Prof Brian Ripley wrote:

Re: [Rd] Outdated dependencies and install.packages()

2008-08-21 Thread Martin Maechler
> "MM" == Martin Maechler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > on Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:39:13 +0200 writes: [...] MM> Note that --- thanks to Kate Mullen's nice help.request() proposal --- oops!! s/Kate Mullen/Heather Turner/ both very fine ladies, both in the program committee of

Re: [Rd] Outdated dependencies and install.packages()

2008-08-21 Thread Peter Dalgaard
Martin Maechler wrote: >> "PD" == Peter Dalgaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> on Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:06:36 +0200 writes: >> > > PD> Prof Brian Ripley wrote: > >> On Wed, 20 Aug 2008, Peter Dalgaard wrote: > >> > >>> This looks like a buglet: > >>> >

Re: [Rd] Outdated dependencies and install.packages()

2008-08-21 Thread Martin Maechler
> "PD" == Peter Dalgaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > on Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:06:36 +0200 writes: PD> Prof Brian Ripley wrote: >> On Wed, 20 Aug 2008, Peter Dalgaard wrote: >> >>> This looks like a buglet: >>> install.packages("lme4", depend=TRUE, lib="~/Rlibrary

Re: [Rd] Outdated dependencies and install.packages()

2008-08-20 Thread Peter Dalgaard
Prof Brian Ripley wrote: > On Wed, 20 Aug 2008, Peter Dalgaard wrote: > >> This looks like a buglet: >> >>> install.packages("lme4", depend=TRUE, lib="~/Rlibrary/") >> --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session --- >> [...snip...] >> ** preparing package for lazy loading >> Error: pack

Re: [Rd] Outdated dependencies and install.packages()

2008-08-20 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On Wed, 20 Aug 2008, Peter Dalgaard wrote: This looks like a buglet: install.packages("lme4", depend=TRUE, lib="~/Rlibrary/") --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session --- [...snip...] ** preparing package for lazy loading Error: package 'Matrix' 0.999375-4 was found, but >= 0.9

Re: [Rd] Outdated dependencies and install.packages()

2008-08-20 Thread Martin Morgan
A small addendum is that if the outdated dependency is in the LinkingTo: field, the error can be more cryptic. Installation then fails with compilation errors rather than the hint that the dependency is out of date. Martin Morgan Peter Dalgaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This looks like a bug