[Rd] R 2.7.2 for Windows fails to install local zip package (PR#12639)

[rubinson at u.arizona.edu]

On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 06:54:27AM -0400, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
> rubinson at u.arizona.edu wrote:
>> R version 2.7.2 for Windows fails to install local (zipped) packages
>> with following messages:
>>
>>   
>>> utils:::menuInstallLocal()
>>>     
>> updating HTML package descriptions
>> Error in .readRDS(pfile) : error reading from connection
>>   
> It works for me.  I suspect you have permissions problems. 

It appears that it may have been a problem in how I was compiling the
Windows-version of the package.  I'll let you know if the error rears
its head again.

Claude