R devel - Oct 2004 - R 2.0.0 - lazy loading mandadory ? (PR#7274)

Full_Name: Xiao Gang FAN
Version: R 2.0.0
OS: Windows
Submission from: (NULL) (82.226.247.142)


When a package preload another necessary package, say Hmisc, 
seems that this last one must be precompiled, this is rather
boring - we must rebuild all dependant packages ? 
Here's an error when compiling such a package:

---------- Making package toto ------------                                   
  adding build stamp to DESCRIPTION                                             

  making DLL ...                                                                

  ... DLL made                                                                  

  installing DLL                                                                

  installing R files                                                            

  installing data files                                                         

  no man files in this package                                                  

  installing indices                                                            

  not zipping data                                                              

  installing help                                                               

  preparing package toto for lazy loading                                     
Error in library(pkg, character.only = TRUE, logical = TRUE, lib.loc = lib.loc)
:
        'Hmisc' is not a valid package -- installed < 2.0.0?

Execution halted                                                                

make: *** [lazyload] Error 1                                                    

*** Installation of toto failed ***

xiao.gang.fan1@libertysurf.fr wrote:
> Full_Name: Xiao Gang FAN
> Version: R 2.0.0
> OS: Windows
> Submission from: (NULL) (82.226.247.142)
> 
> 
> When a package preload another necessary package, say Hmisc, 
> seems that this last one must be precompiled, this is rather
> boring - we must rebuild all dependant packages ? 
a) This is a question. Questions are ought to be send to R-help BUT NOT 
TO R-BUGS!
b) THIS QUESTION IS EVEN NOT APPROPRIATE FOR R-HELP, because the answer 
is in the News file.

The news file tells us that re*installing* packages is required for 
R-2.0.0 (rebuilding is not required per se). Yes, ALL packages you are 
going to use!
And for your convenience, there are precompiled versions available on CRAN.

Uwe Ligges

> Here's an error when compiling such a package:
> 
> ---------- Making package toto ------------
>   adding build stamp to DESCRIPTION
> 
>   making DLL ...
> 
>   ... DLL made
> 
>   installing DLL
> 
>   installing R files
> 
>   installing data files
> 
>   no man files in this package
> 
>   installing indices
> 
>   not zipping data
> 
>   installing help
> 
>   preparing package toto for lazy loading
> Error in library(pkg, character.only = TRUE, logical = TRUE, lib.loc =
lib.loc)
> :
>         'Hmisc' is not a valid package -- installed < 2.0.0?
> 
> Execution halted
> 
> make: *** [lazyload] Error 1
> 
> *** Installation of toto failed ***
> 
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