[R] what is rw0641sp.zip ?
Prof Brian D Ripley
ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
Mon May 17 19:43:22 CEST 1999
To amplify that a little, there is no longer a source patch file for
Windows. Everything needed to compile on Windows is in the standard source
distribution as of R-0.64.1. See the readme, readme.packages and rw-FAQ
for fuller details.
On Mon, 17 May 1999, Guido Masarotto wrote:
> On Mon, May 17, 1999 at 11:14:36AM -0400, Mai Zhou wrote:
> > Hi, everyone, I was downloading the rm0641b.zip etc.
> > (thanks to Guido Masarotto and Brian Ripley)
> > I noticed rw0641sp.zip there, which do not seem mentioned
> > in the News file.
> >
> > My guess is that it is not a binary file?
> > Is is a source patch file(?) for compiling on Wintel PC?
> >
> It is mentioned in the README. It is the minimal
> set of files that you need to build (compile) new
> packages (alternative is downloading all the R source
> and recompiling the entire system by scratch).
>
> guido
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