[R] Problems with update.packages() in V 1.4.0 on W2K

[Prof Brian Ripley]

Still, you didn't tell us what you did to get this.

However, I am fairly sure that the surgery you did without reading the
CHANGES file is the problem.  internet2.dll can no longer replace
internet.dll *by renaming it*.

On Thu, 20 Dec 2001, Kenneth Cabrera wrote:

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> Friedrich.Leisch at ci.tuwien.ac.at wrote:
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> > Hmm, if you tell us WHAT KIND OF TROUBLES you experience it might be
> > easier for us to help you ...
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> I got a window Application Error with the following message:
>
> The instruction in "0x00000000" makes reference to the memory "0x0000000".
> The memory can't "read".
>
> Click on accept to end this program
> Click on CANCEL to debug this program
>
>
> When I click on accept the program ends!!
>
> And if I click on CANCEL the visual C++ debuger got me to a window
> with the following message:
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> Unhandled exception in Rgui.exe: 0x0C0000005: Access Violation.
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> And it shows me in a window only a list of address with out any thing:
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> 00000000  ???
> 00000001  ???
> 00000002  ???
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>
> etc...
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> >
> >
> > fritz
> >
> > >>>>> On Thu, 20 Dec 2001 08:11:00 -0600,
> > >>>>> Kenneth Cabrera (KC) wrote:
> >
> >   > Hello dear R fans!
> >   > I got a trouble with update.packages() with the version 1.4.0 on
> >   > windows 2000.
> >
> >   > I make already the change in ..\modules directory.
> >
> >   > I rename internet.dll to internetold.dll and I
> >   > rename   internet2.dll to internet.dll
> >
> >   > My internet conexion has a proxy.
> >
> >   > In the version 1.3.1 works everything fine!
> >
> >   > Thank you for your help.
> >
> >   > Kenneth
> >
> >   > P.S. I download the a precompiled version of R 1.4.0 for windows from
> >
> >   > http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/bdr/RWin/Rpre/rw1040*.zip
> >
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