I had a couple of problems getting R 0.90.0. In case anyone has similar problems, I though I would mention them. 1/ I can't use "ftp cvs.r-project.org" from either home or work. The ftp service does not seem to be available. Perhaps this is intended. I only discovered it because I thought the file I got through Netscape might be corrupted. (I don't understand why Netscape ftp://... should work but anonymous ftp does not.) 2/ From Netscape (Linux) with ftp://cvs.r-project.org/pub/CRAN/src/base/R-0.90.0.tgz or http://cvs.r-project.org/pub/CRAN/src/base/R-0.90.0.tgz I get a file which gunzips ok. Also tar -xf in /tmp or when signed onto my file server works. However, if I try to untar on a workstation in a directory mounted from the file server, it fails with lots of messages about "Error while closing: Operation not permitted." I suspect this may be a peculiar combination of user/group ownerships (perhaps not all with the same ids on my workstation and server), but I have never had the problem before (not even with R-devel from a few days ago). Paul Gilbert -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-devel mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-devel-request@stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
>>>>> On Mon, 22 Nov 1999 11:13:34 -0500, Paul Gilbert <pgilbert@bank-banque-canada.ca> said:PaulG> I had a couple of problems getting R 0.90.0. In case anyone PaulG> has similar problems, I though I would mention them. PaulG> 1/ I can't use "ftp cvs.r-project.org" from either home or PaulG> work. The ftp service does not seem to be available. Perhaps PaulG> this is intended. I only discovered it because I thought the PaulG> file I got through Netscape might be corrupted. (I don't PaulG> understand why Netscape ftp://... should work but anonymous ftp PaulG> does not.) anonymous FTP (through emacs' ange-ftp/efs) works fine for me. PaulG> 2/ From Netscape (Linux) with PaulG> ftp://cvs.r-project.org/pub/CRAN/src/base/R-0.90.0.tgz or PaulG> http://cvs.r-project.org/pub/CRAN/src/base/R-0.90.0.tgz PaulG> I get a file which gunzips ok. Also tar -xf in /tmp or when PaulG> signed onto my file server works. However, if I try to untar on PaulG> a workstation in a directory mounted from the file server, it PaulG> fails with lots of messages about "Error while closing: PaulG> Operation not permitted." I suspect this may be a peculiar PaulG> combination of user/group ownerships (perhaps not all with the PaulG> same ids on my workstation and server), but I have never had the PaulG> problem before (not even with R-devel from a few days ago). same big problem for me. I thought it was because had other big problems today, but the reason seems these funny permissions. tar tfvz R-0.90.0.tgz lists most files with permissions -rw-rwSr-- Martin -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-devel mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-devel-request@stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
Paul Gilbert <pgilbert@bank-banque-canada.ca> writes:> I had a couple of problems getting R 0.90.0. In case anyone has > similar problems, I though I would mention them. > > 1/ I can't use "ftp cvs.r-project.org" from either home or work. The ftp > service does not seem to be available. Perhaps this is intended. I only > discovered it because I thought the file I got through Netscape might be > corrupted. (I don't understand why Netscape ftp://... should work but > anonymous ftp does not.)Works from here. The machine doesn't like you to login using 'guest' but insists on 'anonymous', though. Also, tcp-wrappers may get you if you login from a system with no valid DNS entry.> 2/ From Netscape (Linux) with > ftp://cvs.r-project.org/pub/CRAN/src/base/R-0.90.0.tgz > or > http://cvs.r-project.org/pub/CRAN/src/base/R-0.90.0.tgz > > I get a file which gunzips ok. Also tar -xf in /tmp or when signed > onto my file server works. However, if I try to untar on a workstation > in a directory mounted from the file server, it fails with lots of > messages about "Error while closing: Operation not permitted." I suspect > this may be a peculiar combination of user/group ownerships (perhaps not > all with the same ids on my workstation and server), but I have never > had the problem before (not even with R-devel from a few days ago).???? I see it too. There's an S bit set in the tar file for those files that won't install. But what the %/&%/ is it doing there? I'll have a look. Presumably, that's a permission change which requires setuid root to set, and the file system is mounted w/o root permission. -- O__ ---- Peter Dalgaard Blegdamsvej 3 c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics 2200 Cph. N (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen Denmark Ph: (+45) 35327918 ~~~~~~~~~~ - (p.dalgaard@biostat.ku.dk) FAX: (+45) 35327907 -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-devel mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-devel-request@stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._