[R-SIG-Mac] PACKAGES file missing

[Uwe Ligges]

On 12.02.2020 12:42, Joel Jacobson wrote:
> The file was missing for sure from all mirrors also the main one. My 
> guess is you have a cronjob that builds the new PACKAGES file that 
> removes the old file before the new one has been created.

Note that the mirrors do not sync at the same time. So even if the 
PACKAGES file was missing for few seconds or even minutes, it ios very 
unlikely that all mirrors lost it, too.

Best,
Uwe Ligges


> Best regards,
> 
> Joel
> 
> On Wed, Feb 12, 2020, at 17:01, Dr Eberhard W Lisse wrote:
>> You didn't give any advice. I did :-)-O And it does what the OP asked
>> for :-)-O
>>
>> I do some things in the command line R or even running stuff as Rscript,
>> but for development (and updates) an IDE such as RStudio is very helpful
>> even if it is not die reine Lehre :-)-O
>>
>> el
>>
>> On 12/02/2020 12:53, Uwe Ligges wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > On 12.02.2020 10:51, Dr Eberhard W Lisse wrote:
>> [...]
>> > For myself, I would not use RStudio as it does what you describe: Lots
>> > of things I do not want to be done.  So I typically never give advise
>> > which editor or environment to use, as that is a matter of taste.
>> >
>> > Best,
>> > Uwe Ligges
>> [...]
>>
>>
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> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Joel
>