[R] R 2.10.0 (Snow Leopard) doesn't remember updates

[Michael Kubovy]

I'm writing to this list rather than the Mac one, b/c I don't know if this problem is particular to the OS.

I recently moved to 2.10 under Snow Leopard:

R version 2.10.0 (2009-10-26) 
x86_64-apple-darwin9.8.0 

locale:
[1] C/C/en_US/C/C/C

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices datasets  utils     methods   base     

other attached packages:
[1] JGR_1.7-0    iplots_1.1-3 JavaGD_0.5-2 rJava_0.8-1 

loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
[1] Matrix_0.999375-32 grid_2.10.0        lattice_0.17-26    lme4_0.999375-32  
[5] tools_2.10.0      

I also installed a number of Task Views since the version change.

Now if I issue update.packages() after having updated packages once before, R doesn't remember, and repeatedly wants to update the following packages (this is true also if I quit R and restart after the update, or if I reinstall MASS and then update.packages()):

MASS :
 Version 7.2-48 installed in /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library 
 Version 7.3-3 available at http://cran.r-project.org
Update (y/N/c)?  y
class :
 Version 7.2-48 installed in /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library 
 Version 7.3-1 available at http://cran.r-project.org
Update (y/N/c)?  y
nnet :
 Version 7.2-48 installed in /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library 
 Version 7.3-1 available at http://cran.r-project.org
Update (y/N/c)?  y
spatial :
 Version 7.2-48 installed in /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library 
 Version 7.3-1 available at http://cran.r-project.org
Update (y/N/c)?  y
trying URL 'http://cran.r-project.org/bin/macosx/leopard/contrib/2.10/VR_7.2-48.tgz'
Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 1096240 bytes (1.0 Mb)
opened URL
==================================================
downloaded 1.0 Mb


The downloaded packages are in
	/var/folders/TG/TG6nWu2pHYCI-BdWWiyMxU+++TI/-Tmp-//RtmpZx3zu8/downloaded_packages



_____________________________
Professor Michael Kubovy
University of Virginia
Department of Psychology
USPS:     P.O.Box 400400    Charlottesville, VA 22904-4400
Parcels:    Room 102        Gilmer Hall
      McCormick Road    Charlottesville, VA 22903
Office:    B011    +1-434-982-4729
Lab:        B019    +1-434-982-4751
Fax:        +1-434-982-4766
WWW:    http://www.people.virginia.edu/~mk9y/