[Rd] can you library(MASS) with R 1.9.0?

[Prof Brian Ripley]

A package of 1.8.1 should not have a package stats.  If this is 1.9.0, you 
should be using VR_7.2-0 or later.

Someone is confused about version numbers.


On Wed, 10 Mar 2004, Robert King wrote:

> (I'm guessing the same problem) is also present in 7.1.14-2 of the debian
> package r-cran-vr with r-base-core 1.8.1.cvs.20040229-2
> it can be fixed with
> 
> /usr/lib/R/library/MASS:
> 
> tolstoy:/usr/lib/R/library/MASS# diff -u NAMESPACE~ NAMESPACE
> --- NAMESPACE~  Wed Mar 10 12:42:26 2004
> +++ NAMESPACE   Wed Mar 10 12:42:38 2004
> @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
>  #        qda.data.frame, qda.default, qda.formula, qda.matrix,
>  #        rlm.default, rlm.formula)
> 
> -importFrom(mva, biplot)
> +importFrom(stats, biplot)
> 
>  S3method("[", fractions)
>  S3method("[<-", fractions)
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, 4 Mar 2004, A.J. Rossini wrote:
> > I'm trying to track down a rather critical problem.  This happens both
> > on Debian's current unstable as well a from anoncvs built this
> > morning, reinstalling MASS.  Is anyone else seeing this or am I just
> > broken and special?
> >
> > 609$ /home/Rdevel/bin/R
> >
> > R : Copyright 2004, The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
> > Version 1.9.0 Under development (unstable) (2004-03-04), ISBN
> > 3-900051-00-3
> >
> > R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
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> >
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> > Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or
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> > Type 'q()' to quit R.
> >
> > > library(MASS)
> > Error in loadNamespace(i[[1]], c(lib.loc, .libPaths()), keep.source) :
> >         package 'mva' does not have a name space
> > Error in library(MASS) : package/namespace load failed
> > >
> >
> >
> > I want to know if it's just me.
> >
> > best,
> > -tony
> >
> >
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