[R] error during make of R-patched on Fedora core 2

[Marc Schwartz]

On Mon, 2004-06-07 at 15:51, Gavin Simpson wrote:

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> Thanks Roger and Marc, for suggesting I use ./tools/rsync-recommended 
> from within the R-patched directory.
> 
> This seems to have done the trick as make completed without errors this 
> time round. The Recommended directory also contained the links to the 
> actual tar.gz files after doing the rsync command, so I guess this was 
> the problem (or at least related to it.) I'm off home now with the 
> laptop to see if I can finish make check-all and make install R.
> 
> I have re-read the section describing the installation process for 
> R-patched or R-devel in the R Installation and Administration manual 
> (from R.1.9.0) just in case I missed something. Section 1.2 of this 
> manual indicates that one can proceed *either* by downloading R-patched 
> and then the Recommended packages from CRAN and placing the tar.gz files 
> in R_HOME/src/library/Recommended, or by using rsync to download 
> R-patched, and then to get the Recommended packages. The two are quite 
> separately documented in the manual, and do seem to be in disagreement 
> with the R-sources page on the CRAN website, which doesn't mention the 
> manual download method (for Recommended) at all.
> 
> Is there something wrong with the current Recommended files on CRAN, or 
> is the section in the R Installation & Admin manual out-of-date or in 
> error, or am I missing something vital here? This isn't a complaint: I'm 
> just pointing this out in case this is something that needs updating in 
> the documentation.
> 
> All the best,
> 
> Gavin

Perhaps I am being dense, but in reviewing the two documents (R Admin
and the CRAN sources page), I think that the only thing lacking is a
description on the CRAN page of the manual download option for the Rec
packages.

You would need to go here now for 1.9.1 Alpha/Beta which is where the
current r-patched is:

http://www.cran.mirrors.pair.com/src/contrib/1.9.1/Recommended/

The standard links on CRAN are for the current 'released' version, which
is still 1.9.0 for the moment.

Procedurally, I think that the rsync approach is substantially easier
(one step instead of multiple downloads) and certainly less error prone.
Also the ./tools/rsync-recommended script is set up to pick up the
proper package versions, which also helps to avoid conflicts.

HTH,

Marc