[R-SIG-Mac] R 3.2.0 Mavericks/Yosemite: help.search showing error

[David Winsemius]

On Jun 14, 2015, at 11:11 PM, peter dalgaard wrote:

> OK, that explains it.
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> (However, `cat VERSION` should work whether or not the build succeeds).
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In the confusion about which build is which I hope it's not forgotten that the problem started with ver 3.2.0's help.search function throwing an unexpected error when run in the R.app environment.


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David.
> -pd
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>> On 15 Jun 2015, at 03:38 , Simon Urbanek <simon.urbanek at r-project.org> wrote:
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>> Note that the build failed - this means that there is no actual way to determine the version (since R can't be run). I think what happens is that the currently installed version is then reported which is whatever did succeed last - in this case 3.2.1 RC. The bug here is that nothing (other that the error) should have been reported.
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>> Cheers,
>> Simon
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>> On Jun 14, 2015, at 3:26 PM, peter dalgaard <pdalgd at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> On 14 Jun 2015, at 20:26 , Berend Hasselman <bhh at xs4all.nl> wrote:
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>>>> It says R-devel version 3.2.1 RC. Development version.
>>>> Wouldn’t/Shouldn't that be 3.3.0  especially since it is trying to find resources for 3.3.0?
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>>>> I’m using R-3.2-branch: version 3.2.1 RC.
>>>> which is the upcoming R 3.2.1 AFAICT and I have assumed.
>>>> 
>>>> Berend
>>> 
>>> Yes, that is the way it is supposed to work. 3-2-branch moves through the sequence 
>>> 
>>> 3.2.0 alpha
>>> 3.2.0 beta
>>> 3.2.0 RC
>>> 3.2.0 
>>> 3.2.0 Patched
>>> 3.2.1 beta
>>> 3.2.1 RC
>>> 3.2.1
>>> 3.2.1 Patched
>>> <etc>
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>>> whereas R-devel should stick at
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>>> 3.3.0 Under development (unstable)
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>>> until it is time for 3-3-branch, at which point it changes to 3.4.0 Under development, etc.
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>>> How R-devel ended up listing as 3.2.1 RC is hard to tell, but presumably it is a local error at r.research.att.com (there seems to be no issue with the present sources in SVN).
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>>> Notice that 3.2.0 Patched disappears when 3.2.1 prereleases start. There seems to be no backlog of builds of 3.2.0 Patched, but there would be little point in looking for one. 3.2.1 is really just a formal release of patches-to-date.
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> Email: pd.mes at cbs.dk  Priv: PDalgd at gmail.com
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David Winsemius
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