From dmurdoch@pair.com  Thu Apr 26 13:37:33 2001
From: dmurdoch@pair.com (Duncan Murdoch)
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 08:37:33 -0400
Subject: [Rd] not able to download WinNT version (PR#922)
In-Reply-To: <200104260559.HAA05296@pubhealth.ku.dk>
References: <200104260559.HAA05296@pubhealth.ku.dk>
Message-ID: <m75getgni8bb3pvqcnjoqf9udp1nrfmeqj@4ax.com>

On Thu, 26 Apr 2001 07:59:58 +0200 (MET DST), you wrote:

>On Thu, 26 Apr 2001 pchalasani@hbk.com wrote:
>
>> I keep clic.king on the WindowsNT link and it keeps extending the path
>> name...
>> is something wrong?
>> thanks
>
>No.  The `WinNT version' is in the directory you keep c1icking on the link
>in.  The link is there for back-compatibility reasons.
>
>Try reading the ReadMe!

This comes up often enough that it's probably worth adding a notice
that can be seen without reading the ReadMe.  How about some text in
the "Description" column that is given on
<http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows>, or a file named
"LinksDontWorkSeeReadme!!!"?

Duncan

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[Rd] not able to download WinNT version (PR#922)
Duncan Murdoch