Dear Gregory,
you'v sent a bug report (PR#489) to R-bugs
with the subject
"r-base_1.0.0-1_i386.deb install problem (PR#489)"
you end saying
>> I've attached both the modified control file, and a complete debian
>> package which is identical to the original except for this change.
>>
>> -Gregory
and then you have a 5 MB attachment, filename
"r-base_1.0.0-2_i386.deb"
base64 encoded.
{and hence (size!) the automatic forwarding of the bug report to R-devel
is bounced --- that's how I got it}.
Now, please (everyone!)
>>>> --------------------------------------- <<<<
>>>> stop using attachments in R bug reports <<<<
>>>> --------------------------------------- <<<<
1) the attachments become practically unusable once the bug report is
put in the jitterbug archive,
http://bugs.r-project.org
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2) Bug reports should usually be short (up to at most a few hundred lines, IMO)
3) If you (really) need to provide long files for data or such,
make them available via FTP or HTTP from your site..
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