Re: [Rd] R crash using Sys.which on Windows

2014-05-12 Thread Tobias Verbeke
:40:17 PM > Subject: Re: [Rd] R crash using Sys.which on Windows > > This is a change in behaviour of the Windows API function since the code > was written (years ago). It will be changed in R 3.1.1: meanwhile you > can always use the shortPathName to abbreviate the name. > >

Re: [Rd] R crash using Sys.which on Windows

2014-05-12 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
This is a change in behaviour of the Windows API function since the code was written (years ago). It will be changed in R 3.1.1: meanwhile you can always use the shortPathName to abbreviate the name. On 06/05/2014 19:28, Tobias Verbeke wrote: Dear list, When installing the latest version of

Re: [Rd] R crash using Sys.which on Windows

2014-05-09 Thread Tobias Verbeke
Some clarifications and additional data on this bug: - this has nothing to do with Rtools as such, but applies to finding any executable with 'Sys.which' that happens to live in a path with more than 96 characters; - the issue also occurs when using the 32-bit version of RGui on Windows 7 6