[R-sig-Debian] R 2.14.0 for Ubuntu arriving soon: things to watch out for

[Johannes Ranke]

Dear all,

R 2.14.0 for Debian stable and oldstable has hit CRAN already. I have rebuilt 
the packages that are on CRAN. Other packages my have to be reinstalled 
because of the new NAMESPACE requirement.

Kind regards,

Johannes

On Tuesday 01 November 2011 13:34:02 Michael Rutter wrote:
> Ubuntu R users:
> 
> The process of sending the newest builds of R 2.14.0 to the CRAN servers
> has begun.  I would expect to see updates coming to your machines over
> the next 24 hours.  A couple of items to be aware of/watch out for.
> 
>  From the latest "R News:
> 
>        All packages must have a namespace, and one is created on
>        installation if not supplied in the sources.  This means that any
>        package without a namespace must be re-installed under this
>        version of R (but data-only packages without R code can still be
>        used).
> 
> This means that some of the packages that you have installed may fail to
> load.  'library(foo)' may result in this error:
> 
> Error in library(foo) :
> package 'foo' does not have a NAMESPACE and should be re-installed
> 
> If you installed the package using R (R CMD INSTALL or
> install.packages()), you will need to re-install the package.  If the
> package authors have update their packages, an update will work, but a
> re-install will fix ones that have not been updated.  If you installed a
> package via apt or synaptic (r-cran-foo), please let me know so I can
> update the build.  I have been trying to fix all of them, but it has
> been difficult to find them all.
> 
> I have enabled the use of OpenMP.  This has been known to break the
> revolution-mkl package.  If this effects you, one solution is to not
> upgrade to 2.14 (or roll back by pinning the old version.  Search for
> 'pinning apt' or 'pinning synaptic' for more information).  Another
> solution would be to use another package such as OpenBLAS
> (http://xianyi.github.com/OpenBLAS/).
> 
> Due to other changes 'under the hood', some packages just break.  For
> example, the package 'sp' would not load until the maintainers updated
> the code.  If a package fails to load for reasons other than a NAMESPACE
> error, check CRAN for updates.
> 
> If you have questions or issues, please let me know.
> Michael