[R-sig-Debian] Thanks for the lenny-cran AMD64 ports

[Piet Plomp]

Hi Kouros,

On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 07:06:59PM -0400, Kouros Owzar wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> I would like to thank Johannes, Piet and others for the lenny-cran AMD64 
> ports.

You're welcome; glad the're actually used!

> 
> I have a question about  r-recommended from lenny-cran which I just 
> installed:
> 
> hotelling:~$ apt-cache policy r-recommended
> r-recommended:
>   Installed: 2.9.0-1~lennycran.0
>   Candidate: 2.9.0-1~lennycran.0
>   Version table:
>      2.9.0-1 0
>         600 http://debian.lcs.mit.edu unstable/main Packages
>  *** 2.9.0-1~lennycran.0 0
>         625 http://cran.fhcrc.org lenny-cran/ Packages
>         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>      2.8.1-2~lennycran.0 0
>         625 http://cran.fhcrc.org lenny-cran/ Packages
>      2.7.1-1+lenny1 0
>         750 http://debian.lcs.mit.edu lenny/main Packages
> 
> 
> Why is it that r-cran-boot from lenny (not lenny-cran) is installed
> 
> hotelling:~$ apt-cache policy r-cran-boot
> r-cran-boot:
>   Installed: 1.2.33-1
>   Candidate: 1.2.33-1
>   Version table:
>      1.2.36-1 0
>         600 http://debian.lcs.mit.edu unstable/main Packages
>      1.2.36-1~lennycran.2.9.0 0
>         625 http://cran.fhcrc.org lenny-cran/ Packages
>  *** 1.2.33-1 0
>         750 http://debian.lcs.mit.edu lenny/main Packages
>         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
> 
> 

Well, it did not get built for some reason. I prepared it now for Johannes; as
soon as he is able to fetch the files, submit them and the mirrors pick up
there will be a r-cran-boot debian package for lennycran amd64.

Sorry for the fuzz.

> I had been under the assumption (this may reflect my rather limited 
> understanding of APT) that r-recommended from lenny-cran would 
> automatically pull the recommended packages (e.g., survival, boot, etc) 
> from lenny-cran.

This does not look like 'a rather limited understanding of apt' ...

> 
> 
> Take care,

You too.

Piet


> 
> Kouros
> 
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