[Rd] Matrix install fails because of defunct save in require

[Prof Brian Ripley]

I'm not sure why end users would be using R-devel rather than R-alpha 
at this point, but I have already changed R-devel to allow Matrix to 
get updated before it fails.

Warning: R-devel tends to be particularly unstable during the period 
when we are in alpha/beta/RC phases.

On Sat, 18 Sep 2010, Berwin A Turlach wrote:

> G'day Uwe,
>
> On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 19:22:04 +0200
> Uwe Ligges <ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On 17.09.2010 16:04, Thomas Petzoldt wrote:
>>> Dear R-Devel,
>>>
>>> I've just tried to compile the fresh R-devel and found that the
>>> install of package Matrix failed:
>>>
>>> ---------------------------------------------
>>> ** help
>>> *** installing help indices
>>> ** building package indices ...
>>> Error in require(Matrix, save = FALSE) :
>>> unused argument(s) (save = FALSE)
>>> ERROR: installing package indices failed
>>> ---------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>> Have you got the Matrix package from the appropriate 2.12/recommended
>> repository or installed via
>>
>> make rsync-recommended
>> make recommended
>
> Are those the commands that should now be used?  My script is
> essentially doing:
>
> 	svn up
> 	tools/rsync-recommended
> 	make
> 	make check FORCE=FORCE
>
> Running the script now, I experience the same problem as Thomas.  But I
> note that Thomas did not state exactly what he is compiling.  My 'svn
> up' updates the version checked out from:
> 	https://svn.r-project.org/R/trunk
> which I think of as R-devel.
> Now after the svn up the file VERSION in the source directory says:
> 	2.13.0 Under development (unstable)
> The SVN-REVISION file in my build directory says:
> 	Revision: 52938
> 	Last Changed Date: 2010-09-17
> And I have Matrix_0.999375-44.tar.gz in src/library/Recommended of my
> source directory.
>
> As you refer to 2.12/recommended, you and Thomas might talk about
> different versions when talking about R-devel.
>
> Cheers,
>
> 	Berwin
>
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