[Rd] zip.unpack() crashes R (PR#2818)

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Tue, 22 Apr 2003 hb at maths.lth.se wrote:

> Full_Name: Henrik Bengtsson
> Version: R v1.7.0
> OS: WinXP Pro
> Submission from: (NULL) (130.235.2.229)
> 
> 
> There seems to be an upper limit of the number of files (approx 1000 files) a

Yes, 500 topics.

> zip-file can contain when unpacking it with zip.unpack(). This results in an R
> crash. This bug is urgent since install.packages() relies on zip.unpack() and
> too big packages/bundles won't install with the current R v1.7.0 for Windows.

Whyever should a R package have over 1000 files?
I think you are not understanding how to use the --use-zip options.

Also, look at options("unzip").

Why is this bug `urgent':  it has been around for 14 months, and no one
else has encountered a problem?

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