[R-SIG-Mac] R 3.5.0

[Simon Urbanek]

Roy,

first, I'd recommend holding off with updating packages. Due to the number of packages, updating all of them takes quite some time, so in order to use the binaries that are built with the release version of R it will probably take at least until tomorrow that they are propagated through the mirror network. Hence you'll have to re-install them anyway if you do it now. 

That said, the "select packages from previous version" search function only applies to the system library - the use library is not in scope. However, where you install those packages is up to you depending on the selection in the Package Installer - the two steps are separate in the GUI.

Cheers,
Simon



> On Apr 25, 2018, at 11:26 AM, Roy Mendelssohn - NOAA Federal <roy.mendelssohn at noaa.gov> wrote:
> 
> Hi All:
> 
> If I remember correctly how R release numbers work,  R 3.5.0 would mean best practice would be to re-install all packages,  is this correct?  The Mac version has had a mechanism that does helps automate this process,  but I have a few questions as to how this works.  Specifically:
> 
> 1.  In looking for packages to re-install, does it look just in the /LIbrary/Frameworks/R location for packages,  or does it look in ~/username/Library/R also?
> 
> 2.  If it does look at both locations,  does the re-install then put everything into  /LIbrary/Frameworks/R or is present location maintained?
> 
> I ask because I have a lot of packages in ~/username/Library/R and want to maintain things that way, so I want to be certain that I know what will happen fi I use the built-in mechanism.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -Roy
> 
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