[Rd] Library lib.loc Option Ignored for Dependencies

[Uwe Ligges]

On 25.07.2018 04:00, Dario Strbenac wrote:
> Good day,
> 
> A self-contained example which reproduces the problem is
> 
> packagesFolder <- tempdir()
> latestFolder <- file.path(packagesFolder, "latest")
> dir.create(latestFolder)
> 
> devtools::create(file.path(latestFolder, "statistics"), description = list(Version = "1.1.0", Depends = "extras (>= 1.0.5)"))
> devtools::create(file.path(packagesFolder, "extras"), description = list(Version = "1.0.0"))
> devtools::create(file.path(latestFolder, "extras"), description = list(Version = "1.1.0"))
> 
> latestInstall <- file.path(.libPaths()[1], "latest")
> dir.create(latestInstall)
> install.packages(file.path(packagesFolder, "extras"), type = "source", repos = NULL)
> install.packages(file.path(latestFolder, "extras"), type = "source", repos = NULL, lib = latestInstall)
> install.packages(file.path(latestFolder, "statistics"), type = "source", repos = NULL, lib = latestInstall)
> 
>> library(statistics, lib.loc = latestInstall)
>    Error: package ‘extras’ 1.0.0 was found, but >= 1.0.5 is required by ‘statistics’
> 
> The latest version of the statistics package is loaded, but the directory of latest packages is ignored by R when it considers the package dependency.

See my other mail, I think this is epctected, why don't youi set the 
.libPaths() correctly?

Nor is this self contained as we need some extra package  to try your 
example...

Best,
Uwe Ligges


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> University of Sydney
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> Australia
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