Hi there.  I am having compilation problems with R 3.0.2 (and R 3.0.3) on
OS X 10.9.2.  Everything seems to work up to the installation of
recommended R packages.  At that point, the make fails.  In particular,
after running "R CMD INSTALL MASS.tgz" (directly or the essentially
equivalent but multi-optioned version that is run via the Makefile), I end
up with the following fatal error:

Warning in read.dcf(fd <- file.path(pkg, "DESCRIPTION")) :
>   cannot open compressed file
> './RtmpeHPfcG/R.INSTALLb9055b3c3f45/MASS/DESCRIPTION', probable reason 'No
> such file or directory'
> Error: error reading file
> './RtmpeHPfcG/R.INSTALLb9055b3c3f45/MASS/DESCRIPTION'


For more detailed output of "configure" and "make" please see the output
from these failed homebrew installations (which are essentially identical
with what I get when I try to install from CRAN-provided source):

for R 3.0.2:  https://gist.github.com/bprenne/8626679

for R 3.0.3:  https://gist.github.com/bprenne/9405569

Someone on the homebrew team recommended I contact people via an R list (
https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-science/issues/640), so here I am.

I also tried setting R_INSTALL_TAR to the system tar or to a
homebrew-installed gnutar.  Neither helped.

Any suggestions on how I might proceed?

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