[R] R crash with internet2.dll

Grathwohl,Dominik,LAUSANNE,NRC/NT
Mon, 23 Sep 2002 15:11:47 -0000

Hi,

I'm using:

platform i386-pc-mingw32
arch     i386
os       mingw32
system   i386, mingw32
status
major    1
minor    5.1
year     2002
month    06
day      17
language R

and I would like to apply:
> update.packages()
trying URL `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/PACKAGES'
unable to connect to 'vevprx21.nestec.ch'.
Error in download.file(url = paste(contriburl, "PACKAGES", sep =
"/"),  :
        cannot open URL
`http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/PACKAGES'

This error is already described in the R-help archive.
One of several threads:
http://maths.newcastle.edu.au/~rking/R/help/01c/0950.html
Having a well working Internet Explorer 5 on my NT and it sounds as the
perfect solution
for my problem to rename internet2.dll to internet.dll, to avoid the entire
proxy configuration.
Doing so, R crashes!
What is wrong with internet2.dll?

Kind regards,

Dominik


Dominik Grathwohl
Biostatistician
Nestl? Research Center
PO Box 44, CH-1000 Lausanne 26
Phone: + 41 21 785 8034
Fax: + 41 21 785 8556
e-mail: dominik.grathwohl at rdls.nestle.com