[R-SIG-Mac] R 2.9.0 on Leopard 10.5.7 problems?

[Prof Brian Ripley]

I've seen no R issues at all with 10.5.7, using the CRAN binary or my 
own builds.

On Tue, 26 May 2009, Marc Schwartz wrote:

> On May 26, 2009, at 9:06 AM, Luca Scrucca wrote:
>
>> Dear R-Mac-users,
>> 
>> a couple of weeks ago a message appeared in this list which mentioned a 
>> potential problem with R 2.9.0 and the recent 10.5.7 OS update. Since I 
>> would like to update my OSX, I was wondering if someone else had any 
>> problems.
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Luca
>
> That post was here:
>
> https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-sig-mac/2009-May/006181.html
>
> and there were no replies that I see. I don't know if Dave got an offlist 
> reply or is still having the issue. I am copying Dave here to solicit his 
> comments on any follow up activity he might be able to offer. The only thing 
> that jumps out at me from his post is the Version indicated for R.app, which 
> shows:
>
>  R 2.9.0 GUI 1.28 Tiger build 32-bit (5395)
>
> which may raise the issue of Tiger versus Leopard builds being used and that 
> may or may not be relevant.

The standard CRAN build is for 'tiger or leopard'.  It reports as

[R.app GUI 1.28 (5395) i386-apple-darwin8.11.1]

on the (console) command line and as quoted above in 'About R'.

> I am on 10.5.7 and although I build R from source, I have not had any 
> problems since the OS update. I am running:
>
> R version 2.9.0 Patched (2009-05-25 r48609)
>
> I can also run R.app, albeit I don't use it routinely:
>
> [R.app GUI 1.28 (5413) i386-apple-darwin9.7.0]
>
>
> HTH,
>
> Marc Schwartz
>
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