[R-SIG-Mac] [r] - R 3.0.2 - Mac OSX 10.8.5 - XML package - AntiVirus reports corrupt file

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On 13/11/2013 11:46, Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
> On 13/11/2013 09:45, Dimitrios Chryssanthakopoulos wrote:
>>   Hello,
>>
>> Sophos AntiVirus reports the following:
>>
>> 2013-11-13 01:58:07 +0200 Corrupt file:
>> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/XML/exampleData/dtd.zip
>>
>> Should I worry? I cannot judge the operation or performance of the XML
>> package as I am not an experienced user.
>
> It is 'exampleData' so only needed for checks.

zip -T suggests it is corrupt in package sources for the current version:

tystie% zip -T dtd.zip
	zip warning: expected 25 entries but found 24

zip error: Zip file structure invalid (dtd.zip)

so Cc:ing the package maintainer.

>
> My dept's Sophos does not complain so there is a chance this is corrupt
> and I would try re-installing.  Preferably from sources, as that is a
> rather old version of the package and the failure on the current version
> was an internet access failure.
>
> Simon: could you retry this?
>
>> Thank you!
>>
>>
>>
>> Using Mac OSX 10.8.5
>>
>>> sessionInfo(package = "XML")
>> R version 3.0.2 (2013-09-25)
>> Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin10.8.0 (64-bit)
>>
>> 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:
>> character(0)
>>
>> other attached packages:
>> [1] XML_3.95-0.2
>>
>> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
>> [1] base_3.0.2      datasets_3.0.2  graphics_3.0.2  grDevices_3.0.2
>> methods_3.0.2   stats_3.0.2
>> [7] tools_3.0.2     utils_3.0.2
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