[R] issue with update.packages(), library 'utils'

[Hooiveld, Guido]

Dear all,

Thanks for all responses and recommendations!

My installation returns the same as reported by Karl Schilling; that is only 1 library path on "C:/Program Files/..."
https://www.mail-archive.com/r-help@r-project.org/msg271486.html

Based on everything I have read I believe the behavior I reported is due to the 'Last modified' / .builtData that apparently changes on the repository every day, although the version numbers of packages are not changed (as reported by Jinsong and Dirk).
https://www.mail-archive.com/r-help@r-project.org/msg271493.html

Obviously, this is something that I cannot solve, but I am happy I understand the root of the cause.

Thanks,
Guido

PS: since I only receive the 'Daily Digest' of the R mailing list, I hope my mail will be properly placed in the archive. And this also the reason I above included URLs to earlier responses.