[R-sig-Geo] CRAN releases of sp, rgdal and rgeos

[Roger Bivand]

On Mon, 11 Jun 2018, Ben Tupper wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have been able to install all three without issue.  I have encountered 
> no issues with usage.

Ben,

Thanks for this report. How did you install rgdal - CRAN binary (now at 
1.3.2 for R 3.5.0) or source install using GDAL and PROJ installed in what 
way? It's useful to record ways in which installation on OSX has been 
accomplished.

Roger



>
>> sessionInfo()
> R version 3.5.0 (2018-04-23)
> Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin15.6.0 (64-bit)
> Running under: macOS Sierra 10.12.6
>
> Matrix products: default
> BLAS: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.5/Resources/lib/libRblas.0.dylib
> LAPACK: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.5/Resources/lib/libRlapack.dylib
>
> locale:
> [1] en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8
>
> attached base packages:
> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
>
> other attached packages:
> [1] rgeos_0.3-28 rgdal_1.3-2  sp_1.3-1
>
> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
> [1] compiler_3.5.0  tools_3.5.0     grid_3.5.0      lattice_0.20-35
>
> Thanks for all you do!
>
> Cheers,
> Ben
>
>
>> On Jun 11, 2018, at 3:53 AM, Roger Bivand <Roger.Bivand using nhh.no> wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, 11 Jun 2018, Gilles Benjamin Leduc wrote:
>>
>>> Good monday!
>>>
>>> I tried to update rgdal, I get a warning telling me the installation had a non-null exit status. I haven't cheak if it was working…
>>
>> Thanks for responding - every user data point helps!
>>
>> Could you please provide the output of sessionInfo(), and any error messages you see on trying to update?
>>
>> Roger
>>
>>>
>>> Benjamin
>>>
>>>
>>> Le Vendredi 8 Juin 2018 18:15 GMT, Roger Bivand <Roger.Bivand using nhh.no> a écrit:
>>>
>>>> There are new releases of sp, rgdal and rgeos on CRAN. Please install sp
>>>> first, then the other two, which link to the installed sp. They all
>>>
>>>> address so-called rchk issues, which have not so far been a problem, but
>>>> might have become more fragile as R's internal memory management is made
>>>> even more efficient. This involves compiled code using memory allocated by
>>>> R to be freed by R's garbage collector, which has to know if an object is
>>>> still being used. Tomas Kalibera, the author of rchk, helped resolve and
>>>> explain the issues encountered - what was good coding practice fifteen
>>>> years ago isn't always still good practice.
>>>>
>>>> In addition, the earliest versions of GDAL and PROJ with which rgdal will
>>>> work have been updated, and set to PROJ 4.8.0 and GDAL 1.11.4. The current
>>>> released versions of PROJ and GDAL are to be prefered, as bugs have been
>>>> fixed and new features and drivers introduced. A check has been put
>>>
>>>> in place to trap attempts to install rgdal without a C++11-capable
>>>> compiler when the GDAL version is >=2.3.0 - which requires C++11. rgeos is
>>>> ready for the forthcoming version of GEOS.
>>>>
>>>> The CRAN team has also been very supportive of our efforts to bring
>>>
>>>> compiled code in these packages into rchk compliance.
>>>>
>>>> Please get in touch if you see any loose ends in these releases.
>>>>
>>>> Roger
>>>>
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Roger Bivand
Department of Economics, Norwegian School of Economics,
Helleveien 30, N-5045 Bergen, Norway.
voice: +47 55 95 93 55; e-mail: Roger.Bivand using nhh.no
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2392-6140
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