[R-SIG-Mac] [Rd] 2.1.0a for Macs (PR#7952)

[Rob J Goedman]

Hi Jennifer,

Could you let us know which version of OS X you are running?

Also, Simon responded to that email and indicated that the
nightly build newer than 1564 do not show this behavior (on
slower machines). Can you check on 1 of the machines using the
latest nightly build (1596)?

Its at: http://www.rosuda.org/R/nightly/ at the bottom of the page.
Please use the debug version initially.

Rob

On Jun 16, 2005, at 2:30 PM, jbaltzer at oeb.harvard.edu wrote:

> I am writing regarding serious problems that a number of
> researchers at a workshop held by the Smithsonian Tropical
> Research Institute are encountering with the most recent R
> version for Macs (the patched version of 2.1.0 (2.1.0a) that
> you indicate should be used over 2.1.0).
>
> The following problems are not specific to my computer but are
> being experienced by ALL Mac users at this workshop running
> 2.1.0a to varying degrees. I installed the program about a week
> ago and immediately I started getting a warning messages
> particularly when browsing my files using ls(), search(), gc(),
> etc.  2.1.0a automatically adds an open parentheses at the end
> of any command requiring () (only intermittently, however) and
> then generates a warning in red.  I am afraid that I do not
> have the warning because R no longer will open on my computer
> without reinstallation so I am forced to use a PC.  The same
> warning message has been posted by one other on the help email
> list.  More recently, R has begun to crash for no particular
> reason (no large program running).  Often when I then try to
> restart R 2.1.0a crashes during start up and in order to get it
> functioning again I have to reinstall!  The first time this
> happened I decided to go back to an earlier version of R that I
> knew would be stable but following binary compilation no gui is
> installed on my computer and I can't run the program.  The only
> version my computer can now install properly is 2.1.0a but as
> described above the problems with the program prohibit me from
> using it.
>
> If you could please advise on how to deal with these problems
> (particularly the corruption of my system by 2.1.0a) all the
> Mac users at this conference would be appreciative.
>
> Jennifer Baltzer
>
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