From ggrothendieck at gmail.com  Tue May 27 23:35:24 2008
From: ggrothendieck at gmail.com (Gabor Grothendieck)
Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 17:35:24 -0400
Subject: [Rd] Small request.
In-Reply-To: <OF38E4A727.C9B04550-ON86257456.007095A2-86257456.00720B21@mmm.com>
References: <OF38E4A727.C9B04550-ON86257456.007095A2-86257456.00720B21@mmm.com>
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As of a few weeks ago,
rtools does store the current version in the registry but
its only a gross figure such as 2.7 or 2.8 and
that would not be enough to identify the build.

On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 4:45 PM,  <apjaworski at mmm.com> wrote:
>
> This is (hopefully) a small request.
>
> I routinely build (and test) both R versions from sources on my system
> (WinXP).  I would like to be sure that I have the current version of
> Rtools.  I always go to Robert Murdoch's site "Building R for Windows" and
> check the latest news.  Everything I need is explained there, except I
> never know if I have the most recent version of  Rtools.exe.  I see
> Rtools28.exe but my understanding is that this file is "refreshed" quite
> frequently.  Is so, would it be possible to include some version numbering
> scheme in its name?  Perhaps a build date stamp can be included instead?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Andy
>
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[Rd] Small request.
Gabor Grothendieck