problems with chron library
Martin Maechler
Martin Maechler <maechler@stat.math.ethz.ch>
Tue, 7 Apr 1998 09:37:37 +0200
>>>>> "Kim" == Kim Pilegaard <kim.pilegaard@risoe.dk> writes:
>> Kim,
>>
>> The chron package is in contrib/devel ----- rather than contrib.
>> The reason is that it requires R 0.62 (the "unstable" development
>> version).
>>
>> Your problem might also be the famous ``lingering .Dyn.lib''
>> problem. Try to add rm(.Dyn.libs) to your .First function (or at
>> least try to execute it before
>> library(chron)).
Kim> Thanks for the information. Does this mean that all the packages
Kim> in contrib/devel requires R 0.62 ?
No, it doesn't mean that.
"devel" means something like:
This is a package in DEVELopment, i.e.,
it is known to have problems under some circumstances.
The "some circumstances"
- can mean that not all functions work in current
versions of R,
- can mean that C / Fortran code does not properly link on some
architectures,..
- can mean that the code hasn't been tested thoroughly and is huge
(which automatically means it has bugs :-)
Note that the last case is certainly true for 'lme', 'dse' and 'design'.
I think all of these three do not require 0.62 at all.
CRAN-maintainers:
It certainly would be useful to have a README file in
<<CRAN>>/src/contrib/devel/
But then I agree "devel" just means:
``You are on your own if you hope it works'' :-)
Kim> I don't seem to have .Dyn.lib so that does not help.
too bad.
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