[R-sig-Geo] spdep and rgdal

[Nikhil Kaza]

Roger,

Happy to report that methods issue is resolved in the R 2.11 beta  
version.

spam is still an issue but I presume once Reinhard fixes it by Apr 22,  
it should be fine.

Thanks
Nikhil


On Apr 12, 2010, at 3:43 PM, Roger Bivand wrote:

> On Mon, 12 Apr 2010, nikhil kaza wrote:
>
>> I am using theR -2.11 prerelase on windows 7 x64. I want to bring to
>> attention couple of issues to the list in case they have not been  
>> reported.
>> I understand that the R version is unstable, nevertheless here it is.
>
> Excellent report, thanks very much! This kind of feedback really  
> helps push development forward!
>
> Please try the most recent R beta for Windows 64-bit version. It may  
> be that the methods issue has been resolved there. If the problem  
> persists, please post on R-devel, where your report will reach the  
> people with most experience on internal issues.
>
> With regard to spdep, if spam is the only problem, I can change it  
> to suggested and condition on it for those needing method="spam" in  
> model fitting until it becomes available.
>
> Roger
>
>>
>>> library(rgdal)
>> --
>> Error in registerS3method(Info[i, 1], Info[i, 2], Info[i, 3], env) :
>> trying to get slot "methods" from an object of a basic class  
>> ("NULL") with
>> no slots
>> Error: package/namespace load failed for 'rgdal'
>> ---
>>
>> spdep requires spam package which is not yet available for this  
>> windows and
>> so cannot be loaded. The package maintainer (Reinhard  Furrer) is  
>> aware of
>> the issue and is working on it.
>>
>> Any work arounds?
>>
>> Many thanks.
>>
>> regards
>> Nikhil
>>
>>
>> ---
>> R version 2.11.0 Under development (unstable) (2010-03-24 r51389)
>> x86_64-pc-mingw64
>>
>> locale:
>> [1] LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252
>> [2] LC_CTYPE=English_United States.1252
>> [3] LC_MONETARY=English_United States.1252
>> [4] LC_NUMERIC=C
>> [5] LC_TIME=English_United States.1252
>>
>> attached base packages:
>> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
>>
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> Roger Bivand
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> School of
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