ggrothendieck@gmail.com
2005-Jul-08 15:46 UTC
[Rd] Packages | Install >Cancel gives error msg in Windows GUI (PR#8000)
Full_Name: G. Grothendieck Version: R version 2.1.1, 2005-06-23 OS: Windows XP Submission from: (NULL) (216.59.244.202) In the Windows GUI, choosing the Packages Menu, then Install and then clicking on Cancel gives an error message saying that nothing was specified to be installed:> utils:::menuInstallPkgs()Error in install.packages(NULL, .libPaths()[1], dependencies = TRUE, type type) : no packages were specified however, its not erroneous -- we intended not to install anything. That is why we pressed Cancel. This was discussed on r-devel. See: https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-devel/2005-July/033923.html