[R] R-forge getting the wrong package

[Barry Rowlingson]

After accusing someone of typing 'install.packages("weather")' instead
of 'install.packages("webmaps")', I discovered that R-forge really is
currently returning the wrong source tarball for packages after
'Repitools' in the alphabet.

The data returned from available.package in install.packages goes out
of sync at 'Repitools':

RemoteREngine                      "RemoteREngine_0.0-8.tar.gz"
RemoteSensing                      "RemoteSensing_0.2-5.tar.gz"
Repitools                          "RepitoolsExamples_1.01.tar.gz"
Rglpk                              "Repitools_0.0.107.tar.gz"
Ripop                              "Rglpk_0.3-2.tar.gz"
Rllvm                              "Ripop_0.1.tar.gz"
RlpSolveAPI                        "Rllvm_0.1.tar.gz"

 There's a report on the R-forge forum, but I thought I'd post this
here in case anyone else is staring at the screen in bewilderment.

 I'm hypothesizing it's in the way the PACKAGES file is being
constructed, but haven't tested that hypothesis yet - I'm sure the
R-forge admins will fix this.

Barry

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