[R] update.packages on MS Windows with //server/share paths

[Gabor Grothendieck]

Try mapping a drive letter to \\Server02 and then use that.  For more,
google for: map network drive

On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 10:01 AM, Keith Jewell <k.jewell at campden.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>> update.packages(ask='graphics')
>
>  gives me  multiple warning (one per updated package?) similar to ...
>
> Warning: unable to move temporary installation
> '\\Server02\stats\R\library\2.10\file3de56e0d\locfit' to
> '\\Server02\stats\R\library\2.10\locfit'
>
> The final, updated, folders do not end up where they should be. I can move
> them 'by hand', but it is an inconvenience.
>
> Checking the archives I find
> http://finzi.psych.upenn.edu/Rhelp08/2008-April/160963.html where Prof
> Ripley opines "The issue appears to be that your OS is garbling file names",
> and it surely does seem to be a filename problem - in combination R and
> Windows don't seem to be handling the '//server/share' path construction. I
> have:
>> .libPaths()
> [1] "//Server02/stats/R/library/2.10"
> "//Server02/stats/R/R-Current/library"
>
> I can work around by mapping a drive letter to the '//server/share', but
> prefer not to (for local reasons).
>
> In CHANGES.R-2.10.1pat I find
>  CHANGES IN R VERSION 2.7.2 patched
>    o dir.create(recursive = TRUE) was not working on //server/share  paths.
>
> In CHANGES.R-2.11.0dev I find
>      CHANGES IN R VERSION 2.11.0
> NEW FEATURES
>    o file.rename() can work across volumes (by copy-and-delete)
>
> In another R function I've hit a similar problem and solved it using the
> construction:
>      file.path(dirname(x), basename(x))
> to convert  '//server/share' to (printed as) '\\\\server/share' which worked
> in that function. In this case:
>> file.path(dirname(.libPaths()), basename(.libPaths()))
> [1] "\\\\Server02/stats/R/library/2.10"
> "\\\\Server02/stats/R/R-Current/library"
> which looks OK but
>> .libPaths(file.path(dirname(.libPaths()), basename(.libPaths())))
>> .libPaths()
> [1] "//Server02/stats/R/library/2.10"
> "//Server02/stats/R/R-Current/library"
> doesn't actually change the internal paths.
>
> I don't see the problem in V2.9.2 .
> I do see the problem in
>   V2.10.1,
>   V2.10.1 Patched (2010-01-24 r51030)
>   V2.11.0 Under development (unstable) (2010-01-24 r51030)
>
> Grateful for any suggestions,
>
> Keith Jewell
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Version:
>  platform = i386-pc-mingw32
>  arch = i386
>  os = mingw32
>  system = i386, mingw32
>  status = Patched
>  major = 2
>  minor = 10.1
>  year = 2010
>  month = 01
>  day = 24
>  svn rev = 51030
>  language = R
>  version.string = R version 2.10.1 Patched (2010-01-24 r51030)
>
> Windows Server 2003 x64 (build 3790) Service Pack 2
>
> Locale:
> LC_COLLATE=English_United Kingdom.1252;LC_CTYPE=English_United
> Kingdom.1252;LC_MONETARY=English_United
> Kingdom.1252;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=English_United Kingdom.1252
>
> Search Path:
>  .GlobalEnv, package:stats, package:graphics, package:grDevices,
> package:utils, package:datasets, package:methods, Autoloads, package:base
>
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