[R] Can't rsync extsoft/3.6 when compiling R 3.6

[Shuguang Sun]

Jeroen Ooms <jeroenooms using gmail.com> writes:

Now I can build R 3.6 in my Windows 10 box.
Thanks.

> On Thu, May 2, 2019 at 9:36 AM Martin Maechler
> <maechler using stat.math.ethz.ch> wrote:
>>
>> >>>>> Shuguang Sun
>> >>>>>     on Thu, 2 May 2019 12:57:37 +0800 writes:
>>
>>     > Hi all,
>>     > When I try to compile R 3.6 in windows 10 in Rtools35, it raised the error message:
>>     > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>>     > make rsync-extsoft
>>     > (mkdir -p ../../extsoft; \
>>     > cd ../../extsoft; \
>>     > rsync --timeout=60 -rcvp --delete cran.r-project.org::CRAN/bin/windows/extsoft/3.6/ . )
>>     > receiving incremental file list
>>     > rsync: change_dir "/bin/windows/extsoft/3.6" (in CRAN) failed: No such file or directory (2)
>>     > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>>
>>     > There is no "windows/extsoft/3.6/" and only up to 3.5.
>>
>>     > Best Regards,
>>     > Shuguang Sun
>>
>> Indeed.
>> If you look at this FTP directory in a capabable browser (such
>> as Emacs), you see
>>
>>     Dec 22 2014  3.2
>>     Jun 16 2016  3.3
>>     Jul  6 2016  3.4 -> 3.3
>>     May  8 2017  3.5 -> 3.3
>>
>> So it seems the CRAN team (or the R Core release master?) forgot
>> to make that symbolic link there.
>
> I think that might be my responsibility (not entirely sure honestly).
> I'll add that directory and include the current versions of the libs
> we use to build the official r-base on Windows.
>

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Best Regards
Shuguang Sun