[Rd] Does the "installWithVers=TRUE" setting for the install.packages/update.packages flag updates?

[Seth Falcon]

On 29 Sep 2005, blindglobe at gmail.com wrote:

> It might be my settings or improper use -- but if I use the
> "installWithVers=TRUE" flag for update.packages(), I don't seem to
> get updates; and if I use
> "install.packages(new.packages(),installWithVers=TRUE)", it seems to
> (re-)install identical versions of what I have.
>
> (this is with Rdevel from subversion from yesterday)

For the install.packages part, I'm pretty certain that
install.packages is never smart enough not to reinstall already
installed packages at the same version.  That could be a bandwidth
saving enhacement :-)

No experience with the installWithVers arg. 

Best,

+ seth