[R-pkg-devel] "try" malfunctions on Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS, R-release, GCC

[Dirk Eddelbuettel]

On 2 February 2020 at 21:47, Ben Bolker wrote:
|   Maybe an Rhub glitch.  I just ran R CMD check with a recent r-devel
| (2019-12-03 r77509) on Ubuntu 16.04 with no problems.

Is there a reason that keeps _both_ of you on Ubuntu 16.04 which has been
replaced _nearly two years ago_ by the subsequent LTS release 18.04 ?

Michael works hard to provide _an awesome_ experience using the current LTS
release_ 18.04 that I am really hard-pressed to see why 16.04 would matter.

Dirk

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