[R-SIG-Mac] [R] .libPaths(new) stopped working in 2.10

[Simon Urbanek]

On Dec 6, 2009, at 14:45 , David Winsemius wrote:

>
> On Dec 6, 2009, at 2:32 PM, Alexy Khrabrov wrote:
>
>> I used to have the following in my .Rprofile:
>>
>> if (length(.libPaths())==1)
>> .libPaths(paste(Sys.getenv("HOME"),"/Library/R/",paste(R.version 
>> $major,as.integer(R.version$minor),sep='.'),"/library",sep=''))
>>
>> -- and it added my user-defined library directory.  Then I installed
>> packages there, so during an upgrade, I'd know exactly which packages
>> I installed and auto-upgrade with a script.
>>
>> However, in R 2.10's Mac OSX GUI, .libPaths(new) does nothing...  Did
>> its behavior change?
>
> What is "new"?
>
> .libPaths() would need a character argument. Are you referring to  
> this Grab picture of a checkbox in the Startup GUI preferences:
> <pastedGraphic.tiff>
>
> (probably not passed through the r-help-list-server)
>
> I actually have the inverse problem. It has been created and I would  
> like to remove it.
>

Well, then do so :).

Cheers,
Simon



> Changing the mailing list to r-sig-mac to which Alexy should have  
> sent this.
>
>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Alexy
>>
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> David Winsemius, MD
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