R devel - Feb 2000 - Invalid .Random.seed problems: (PR#445)

I have some old work spaces with old-style (now invalid) values of
.Random.seed.  If I attempt to use the old random seed I get an error
message, of course. After removing the invalid .Random.seed the random
number functions will not work since they try to grab a huge chunk of
memory.
> rnorm(1)
Error in rnorm(1) : .Random.seed[1] is NOT a valid RNG kind
(code)
> .Random.seed
[1] 19128 18401 22977
> rm(.Random.seed)
> rnorm(1)
Error in rnorm(1) : norm_rand(): invalid N01_kind: 191
> rbeta(1,2,2)
Error: heap memory (6144 Kb) exhausted [needed 530329 Kb more]
       See "help(Memory)" on how to increase the heap
size.
> rpois(1,3)
Error: heap memory (6144 Kb) exhausted [needed 530329 Kb more]
       See "help(Memory)" on how to increase the heap size.

Martyn

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Version:
 platform = i686-unknown-linux
 arch = i686
 os = linux
 system = i686, linux
 status = Patched
 major = 0
 minor = 99.0
 year = 2000
 month = February
 day = 9
 language = R

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> From: plummer@iarc.fr
> Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 15:43:20 +0100 (MET)
> To: r-devel@stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject: [Rd] Invalid .Random.seed problems: (PR#445)
> CC: R-bugs@biostat.ku.dk
> X-Loop: R-bugs@biostat.ku.dk
> 
> I have some old work spaces with old-style (now invalid) values of
Pre-0.65.1 workspaces? I had not envisaged anyone would still have those.
> .Random.seed.  If I attempt to use the old random seed I get an error
> message, of course. After removing the invalid .Random.seed the random
> number functions will not work since they try to grab a huge chunk of
> memory.
> 
Fix: in GetRNGstate in RNG.c add the second line of

	default:
	    RNG_kind = RNG_DEFAULT; N01_kind = 0;
	    error(".Random.seed[1] is NOT a valid RNG kind (code)");


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