[R] SOLVED: cannot use add-on packages

[Rodolfo Canet-Castello]

A few days ago I asked for help to the list about this problem:

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Hi all

After a trivial install on my Debian system (just gnome-games for my 
wife!), my R programs decided not to work, since the 'date' library 
wouldn't load. The message I got is:

Error in dyn.load(x, as.logical(local), as.logical(now)) :
         unable to load shared library 
"/usr/lib/R/library/date/libs/date.so":
   /usr/lib/R/library/date/libs/date.so: undefined symbol: atexit
Error in library(date) : .First.lib failed

I've run out of ideas about what may have happened or changed. Do you 
have any idea or clue about where to find?

I use R-base 1.3.0.1, and 'date' is the only package I've installed 
myself (it has worked properly until today). The rest of packages work 
flawlessly.
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Well, the problem was a flawed version or libc6 in Debian unstable. Once 
I've upgraded to the immediately released new version, all went back to 
normality. I let you know just in case someone of you ran into the same 
problem. Thanks a lot to all of you who helped me! Best regards

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Rodolfo Canet

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