R devel - Apr 2009 - Error in .readRDS(nsInfoFilePath) : unknown input format (PR#13659)

Full_Name: Jeroen Jansen
Version: 2.7.2
OS: Windows XP Pro
Submission from: (NULL) (131.211.169.89)


Allready with startup I get error message:
   R version 2.7.2 (2008-08-25)
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   ISBN 3-900051-07-0
   
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   Error in .readRDS(nsInfoFilePath) : unknown input format


Or with installing Packages:
   >update.packages(ask='graphics')
   Error in .readRDS(nsInfoFilePath) : unknown input format

On 4/16/2009 4:50 AM, j.w.a.jansen at uu.nl wrote:
> Full_Name: Jeroen Jansen
> Version: 2.7.2
> OS: Windows XP Pro
> Submission from: (NULL) (131.211.169.89)
> 
> 
> Allready with startup I get error message:
>    R version 2.7.2 (2008-08-25)
That version is not current, but it looks to me as though you've 
corrupted a file on your system.  It would be named nsInfo.rds, and be 
in a Meta subdirectory of some package directory within RHOME/library.

The easiest thing to do is to install the latest version (which will be 
2.9.0 as of tomorrow).  That will fix whatever is wrong on your system. 
  It doesn't look like an R bug to me.

Duncan Murdoch
>    Copyright (C) 2008 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
>    ISBN 3-900051-07-0
>    
>    R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
>    You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
>    Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution
details.
>    
>    R is a collaborative project with many contributors.
>    Type 'contributors()' for more information and
>    'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in publications.
>    
>    Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help,
or
>    'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface to help.
>    Type 'q()' to quit R.
>    
>    Error in .readRDS(nsInfoFilePath) : unknown input format
> 
> 
> Or with installing Packages:
>    >update.packages(ask='graphics')
>    Error in .readRDS(nsInfoFilePath) : unknown input format
> 
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