R devel - Feb 2009 - R.home() of R 2.8.1 Mac OS X is wrong (PR#13494)

Full_Name: Andreas Fischlin
Version: 2.8.1
OS: Mac OS X 10.5.6
Submission from: (NULL) (84.75.178.229)


R.home() returns "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources" although
there is
no such directory present. Inspecting the actual directory structure of the R
installation indicates that the correct value R.home() should contain is:
'/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.8/Resources'

Detected by af, ETH Zurich / 1.Feb.2009 using R 2.8.1 under Mac OS X 10.5.6

On Feb 1, 2009, at 1:50 PM, andreas.fischlin at env.ethz.ch wrote:
> Full_Name: Andreas Fischlin
> Version: 2.8.1
> OS: Mac OS X 10.5.6
> Submission from: (NULL) (84.75.178.229)
>
>
> R.home() returns "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources"  
> although there is
> no such directory present.
Then your installation is broken. You should re-install R to fix your  
installation.

In R 2.8.1:
fino:~$ file /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources
/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources: directory

This is true for all R installations from CRAN as well as all custom  
installations with framework enabled (default on OS X).

Cheers,
S

> Inspecting the actual directory structure of the R
> installation indicates that the correct value R.home() should  
> contain is:
> '/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.8/Resources'
>

It is present on my system (R reinstalled yesterday), so it looks like 
you broke yours.

More precisely, there is a link at 
/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources to the correct place.

How did you think R could possibly work with this broken?  R.home() is 
used all over the place in R's own scripts.

On Sun, 1 Feb 2009, andreas.fischlin at env.ethz.ch wrote:
> Full_Name: Andreas Fischlin
> Version: 2.8.1
> OS: Mac OS X 10.5.6
> Submission from: (NULL) (84.75.178.229)
>
>
> R.home() returns "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources"
although there is
> no such directory present. Inspecting the actual directory structure of the
R
> installation indicates that the correct value R.home() should contain is:
> '/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.8/Resources'
>
> Detected by af, ETH Zurich / 1.Feb.2009 using R 2.8.1 under Mac OS X 10.5.6
>
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