[R-SIG-Mac] Please test R 4.3.0 RC, more information below

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 18/04/2023 12:58 p.m., Duncan Murdoch wrote:
> Hi Simon.
> 
> I'm seeing crashes when I try to compile rgl and run it in the new R on
> my Intel notebook.  I only installed R, I didn't update all the
> libs/tools/etc.
> 
> The crash report is copied below.  One oddity I notice on the 4th line
> of the report:  it says it is running "R 4.2.3 GUI 1.79 Big Sur Intel
> build (8220)".  When I run R.app and `version`, I see
> 
>   > version
>                  _
> platform       x86_64-apple-darwin20
> arch           x86_64
> os             darwin20
> system         x86_64, darwin20
> status         RC
> major          4
> minor          3.0
> year           2023
> month          04
> day            13
> svn rev        84266
> language       R
> version.string R version 4.3.0 RC (2023-04-13 r84266)
> nickname       Already Tomorrow
> 
> but when I choose "About R" in the GUI, I see 4.2.3 reported.  Maybe
> I've got both installed, and that's the cause of the crash?
> 
> Duncan Murdoch

Sorry, I think that was (mostly) a false alarm.  I may have had some old 
object files which weren't recompiled after the install; at least after 
a new clean build I'm not seeing the crash any more.

The bad version report in R.app is still there.

Duncan Murdoch