[R] R CMD INSTALL --help crashes R for Windows

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Sat, 5 Nov 2005, ¨Tariq Khan wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> This is potentially a very simple question that arose as I am trying my best
> to learn how to compile dll's using SHLIB, and also finally how to compile
> packages from source (after being a windows user for 2 years it is about
> time).
>
> The question: I am trying to figure out why on my machine R for Windows
> Front-end crashes when on the command prompt I type any of the following:
> R CMD INSTALL --help
> R CMD SHLIB --help
> ...
>
> I get a windows dialog box asking if i want to send a bug report to
> microsoft.

This is specific to you: it works correctly for me and the alpha- and 
beta-testers.  Do you have Perl installed correctly, and does it work? 
(Those are Perl scripts.) What does just-in-time debugging show as the 
cause of the crash (see the rw-FAQ for how to enable this)?

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