From dmurdoch@pair.com  Thu Jan 16 12:44:02 2003
From: dmurdoch@pair.com (Duncan Murdoch)
Date: Thu Jan 16 12:44:02 2003
Subject: [Rd] Warning appears after update.packages() (PR#2459)
In-Reply-To: <200301152141.WAA03590@pubhealth.ku.dk>
References: <200301152141.WAA03590@pubhealth.ku.dk>
Message-ID: <n86d2v051jlpv0q1v4e8ds45pvbb327cbs@4ax.com>

On Wed, 15 Jan 2003 22:41:49 +0100 (MET), you wrote:

>Full_Name: Joaquin Diaz-Saiz
>Version: 1.6.2
>OS: Windows 98
>Submission from: (NULL) (129.7.121.92)
>
>
>> update.packages()
>trying URL `http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/PACKAGES'
>Content type `text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1' length 8721 bytes
>opened URL
>downloaded 8721 bytes
>
>Warning message: 
>DLL attempted to change FPU control word from 8001f to 9001f 
>
>
>NOTE: IS THIS OF ANY IMPORTANCE? IT DID NOT APPEAR IN VERSION 1.6.1.

Thanks for posting that. It tells you that an external dll has caused
the floating point precision to change, but R has changed it back.
It's a sign of a bug that needs fixing.  I'll look into it.

This change in mentioned in the CHANGES file.  You can read more about
it in the dyn.load help page.

Duncan Murdoch



[Rd] Warning appears after update.packages() (PR#2459)
Duncan Murdoch