R devel - Apr 2007 - tilde expansion with install.packages

I've noticed recently that 'update.packages' and
'install.packages' seem to not
do tilde expansion anymore, i.e. when I run

update.packages("~/R-local/lib")

on R-alpha (r41043) I get the message

/home/rpeng/install/R-alpha/lib64/R/bin/INSTALL: line 304: cd: ~/R-local/lib: No
such file or directory

and the package is subsequently installed in the current working directory.

The attached patch solves the problem for me.

-roger
-- 
Roger D. Peng  |  http://www.biostat.jhsph.edu/~rpeng/
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Looks right, and now committed, thanks.

On Wed, 4 Apr 2007, Roger D. Peng wrote:
> I've noticed recently that 'update.packages' and
'install.packages' seem to
> not do tilde expansion anymore, i.e. when I run
>
> update.packages("~/R-local/lib")
>
> on R-alpha (r41043) I get the message
>
> /home/rpeng/install/R-alpha/lib64/R/bin/INSTALL: line 304: cd: 
> ~/R-local/lib: No such file or directory
>
> and the package is subsequently installed in the current working directory.
>
> The attached patch solves the problem for me.
>
> -roger
>
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