[R] Broken links on CRAN

[Uwe Ligges]

Doran, Harold wrote:

> Sorry, didn't think about that. The mirror I used was
> 
> http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/R/CRAN/


Please check the R-help archives. It is well known that the StatLib 
mirror has serious problems these days.

Uwe Ligges


> I checked other mirrors and they did work fine. 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pd at pubhealth.ku.dk [mailto:pd at pubhealth.ku.dk] On Behalf Of Peter Dalgaard
> Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 10:11 AM
> To: Doran, Harold
> Cc: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject: Re: [R] Broken links on CRAN
> 
> "Doran, Harold" <HDoran at air.org> writes:
> 
> 
>>Dear List:
>>
>>When I click on the link to download a reference manual for a package 
>>on cran, I get an error message that the file is damaged and could not 
>>be repaired. I randomly chose various packages and the same error 
>>message appears.
>>
>>Are the links actually broken? I have also restarted my machine and 
>>closed and re-opened acrobat.
>>
>>I am using Windows XP, Acrobat Professional 6.0.0.5, and Explorer 
>>6.0.2900.2180
>>
>>Harold
> 
> 
> 
> One mirror or all of them? If one, which one?
> 
> Two randomly chosen package PDFs on CRAN master (Vienna) gave no problems for me.
>