From maechler at stat.math.ethz.ch  Wed Apr 26 10:46:20 2006
From: maechler at stat.math.ethz.ch (Martin Maechler)
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 10:46:20 +0200
Subject: [Rd] R 2.3.0: Use of NULL as an environment is deprecated
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>>>>> "BernPf" == Pfaff, Bernhard Dr <Bernhard_Pfaff at fra.invesco.com>
>>>>>     on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 08:28:34 +0100 writes:

    BernPf> Dear Andy, Uwe and remaining list subscribers,
    BernPf> now, coming closer to the evil's root. Yesterday, I source compiled on a
    BernPf> Linux box at home and the result is the same behaviour as pointed out
    BernPf> below. This is regardless of the package version of 'urca'. Aside of
    BernPf> 'urca', other packages that have Imports/Depends entries in the
    BernPf> DESCRIPTION to packages that are shipped within the standard library of
    BernPf> R show the warning too, e.g. fMultivar, VLMC, to name but a few.
    BernPf> I do have set on both OS, i.e. Windows and Linux, a second library tree
    BernPf> in Renviron.site with R-LIBS. If I comment this out and do a reinstall
    BernPf> of the packages, i.e. the packages are now installed in the standard
    BernPf> library, the warning does not show up any longer. Has something changed
    BernPf> with regard to additional libraries that slipped my notice by upgrading
    BernPf> to version 2.3.0?

I don't think so.
I ***NEVER*** install a package into the standard library.
We have all CRAN packages in a different library, 
(and Bioconductor too) and I typically use about 6 library (paths),
and I don't have your problem.

I only get your warning if I get a version of a package that was
installed previous to 2.3.0 (or it's alpha / beta / rc ) versions.

    BernPf> Is it possible that during startup the environment is handeld/passed
    BernPf> differently for standard and additional libraries? Would this odd
    BernPf> behaviour qualify as a bug?

If it was general, yes, but I think it's not.



[Rd] R 2.3.0: Use of NULL as an environment is deprecated
Martin Maechler