[Rd] install.packages deletes PACKAGES file in local repo
Gabriel Becker
gmbecker at ucdavis.edu
Sat Dec 6 01:23:45 CET 2014
Can you post exact code, i have not seen this behavior, and I work with
local repositories quite extensively on my current project.
~G
On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 7:45 AM, Renaud Gaujoux <
renaud at mancala.cbio.uct.ac.za> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> running install.packages() to install a package from a local repository
> (i.e., starts with file:///) appears to delete the PACKAGES file that is in
> the src/contrib/ directory.
> This happens on a cluster running Scientific Linux release 6.4 (Carbon),
> but not on my Ubuntu local machine.
>
> Subsequent calls to install.packages() complain about src/contrib/PACKAGES
> not existing, although there still is a src/contrib/PACKAGES.gz file.
>
> Is this a know issue?
> Thank you.
>
> Bests,
> Renaud
>
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Gabriel Becker
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University of California, Davis
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