[R] R-3.4.2: make check stops at line 698 of tests/reg-tests-1d.R

[Jeff Newmiller]

This idea of hijacking failed connections has been tried before and it breaks many things beyond R software and most ISPs have given up on doing this. If you, who have this "feature" at hand can figure out a reliable way to detect this then it might be "considered". However, it seems unlikely that a general solution can be found after all this time, so the better option is probably for you to disable this "feature".
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On November 1, 2017 1:52:16 PM PDT, Albrecht Kauffmann <alkauffm at fastmail.fm> wrote:
>Dear Duncan,
>
>thank you very much, that is it! Indeed, there was activated in my
>internet router the "telekom navigation help". When I am (or the system
>is) looking for an not existent url, this "help" opens its own website.
>After deactivation of telekom navigation help, the normal message
>(server not found) comes. I never gave attention to this "help",
>although it is bothering sometimes; now it is switched off in my
>residence. However, in Germany this problem probably frequently arises,
>therefor, it should be considered in the respective code for testing R
>after compilation.  
>
>All the best,
>Albrecht