R help - Mar 2006 - disable lazy-loading in install.packages() ?

> R.version
         _
platform i486-pc-linux-gnu
arch     i486
os       linux-gnu
system   i486, linux-gnu
status
major    2
minor    1.1
year     2005
month    06
day      20
language R


Dear list,

how can I disable lazy-loading in 'install.packages("some
packages")'?

I know of the possiblity to switch it off with 'R CMD INSTALL'. But I do
not
want to leave R on several machines and download the source code and install
it with 'R CMD INSTALL'.

Is there a way of disabling it within an R session?

Thanks,
Ulrich

Why do you want to?

As from a near-future version of R, you will not be able to do this via R 
CMD INSTALL.  The recommended place to specify this is in the packages' 
DESCRIPTION files, and why do you think you know better than the packages' 
authors?  (Quite a few packages will not work with it turned off.)

On Tue, 7 Mar 2006, Ulrich Leopold wrote:
>> R.version
>         _
> platform i486-pc-linux-gnu
> arch     i486
> os       linux-gnu
> system   i486, linux-gnu
> status
> major    2
> minor    1.1
> year     2005
> month    06
> day      20
> language R
>
>
> Dear list,
>
> how can I disable lazy-loading in 'install.packages("some
packages")'?
>
> I know of the possiblity to switch it off with 'R CMD INSTALL'. But
I do not
> want to leave R on several machines and download the source code and
install
> it with 'R CMD INSTALL'.
>
> Is there a way of disabling it within an R session?
>
> Thanks,
> Ulrich
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