R devel - Aug 2015 - update.packages(checkBuilt=TRUE, ask=FALSE): possible bug

>
> I'd like to see a reproducible example before I declared it to be a bug
> that needs fixing.
>
> Do note the news item in R-patched (soon to be R 3.2.2):
>
> | - download.packages()| failed for |type| equal to either
|"both"| or
> |"binary"|. (Reported by Dan Tenenbaum.)
>
> install.packages() can call download.packages(), so this might have been
> fixed now.
>
> Duncan Murdoch
>
The bug described is occurring with all recent distributions available!

I discovery today, after install R version 3.2.2 beta (2015-08-04 r68843),
that the bug happens when I copy my packages from old distribution to the
library folder (being careful not to overwrite the newer ones that comes
with the distribution). I've been doing this for a long time.

As are many, it would be labor-intensive (but not impossible) to find those
responsible for the bug. If you decide that it is necessary I can go
testing package by package.

Best,
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On 06/08/2015 7:16 PM, Jose Claudio Faria wrote:
>     I'd like to see a reproducible example before I declared it to be a
>     bug that needs fixing.
> 
>     Do note the news item in R-patched (soon to be R 3.2.2):
> 
>     | - download.packages()| failed for |type| equal to either
|"both"|
>     or |"binary"|. (Reported by Dan Tenenbaum.)
> 
>     install.packages() can call download.packages(), so this might have
>     been fixed now.
> 
>     Duncan Murdoch
> 
> 
> The bug described is occurring with all recent distributions available!
> 
> I discovery today, after install R version 3.2.2 beta (2015-08-04
> r68843), that the bug happens when I copy my packages from old
> distribution to the library folder (being careful not to overwrite the
> newer ones that comes with the distribution). I've been doing this for
a
> long time.
> 
> As are many, it would be labor-intensive (but not impossible) to find
> those responsible for the bug. If you decide that it is necessary I can
> go testing package by package.
Without a reproducible example, I won't follow up on this.

Duncan Murdoch

On 6 August 2015 at 20:16, Jose Claudio Faria wrote:
| The bug described is occurring with all recent distributions available!
| 
| I discovery today, after install R version 3.2.2 beta (2015-08-04 r68843),
| that the bug happens when I copy my packages from old distribution to the
| library folder (being careful not to overwrite the newer ones that comes
| with the distribution). I've been doing this for a long time.

That is a bad approrach.

Use a user-library setting (eg environment variable R_LIBS_USER) to pick a
_fixed_ library directory (I used to use C:/opt/R/R-library) which you can
use from R version to R version before and after upgrades. 

Dirk

-- 
http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com | @eddelbuettel | edd at debian.org

Jose resurrected this, and this time I reproduced it.  It's a simple bug 
to fix, just an oversight in a test in install.packages().

It'll make it into 3.3.0.

Duncan Murdoch

On 06/08/2015 7:41 PM, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
> On 06/08/2015 7:16 PM, Jose Claudio Faria wrote:
>>      I'd like to see a reproducible example before I declared it to
be a
>>      bug that needs fixing.
>>
>>      Do note the news item in R-patched (soon to be R 3.2.2):
>>
>>      | - download.packages()| failed for |type| equal to either
|"both"|
>>      or |"binary"|. (Reported by Dan Tenenbaum.)
>>
>>      install.packages() can call download.packages(), so this might
have
>>      been fixed now.
>>
>>      Duncan Murdoch
>>
>>
>> The bug described is occurring with all recent distributions available!
>>
>> I discovery today, after install R version 3.2.2 beta (2015-08-04
>> r68843), that the bug happens when I copy my packages from old
>> distribution to the library folder (being careful not to overwrite the
>> newer ones that comes with the distribution). I've been doing this
for a
>> long time.
>>
>> As are many, it would be labor-intensive (but not impossible) to find
>> those responsible for the bug. If you decide that it is necessary I can
>> go testing package by package.
>
> Without a reproducible example, I won't follow up on this.
>
> Duncan Murdoch
>