[R-SIG-Mac] R-latest.pkg link returning a 403 Forbidden error

[Matthias Krawutschke]

Dear Simon,

thank you so much. 
If I want to download the latest R-package with this link - i´ve got the cryptic signs in the window, but not the file ☹

Best regars….



Matthias Krawutschke, Dipl. Inf.

Universität Potsdam
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-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: R-SIG-Mac <r-sig-mac-bounces using r-project.org> Im Auftrag von Simon Urbanek
Gesendet: Freitag, 14. Februar 2020 19:15
An: Jim Hester <james.hester using rstudio.com>
Cc: r-sig-mac using r-project.org
Betreff: Re: [R-SIG-Mac] R-latest.pkg link returning a 403 Forbidden error

Thanks, should be fixed now (adding index removed symlink following permission).
Simon


> On Feb 15, 2020, at 4:50 AM, Jim Hester <james.hester using rstudio.com> wrote:
> 
> The link https://mac.r-project.org/bin/macosx/R-latest.pkg which 
> previously served the latest version of R is now returning a 403. Is 
> this an intentional change, or is it an unintentional? This link is 
> used by the Travis-CI build scripts for macOS, so if the link is no 
> longer valid we will need to update the script.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jim
> 

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