From ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk  Wed Nov 23 09:54:45 2005
From: ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk (Prof Brian Ripley)
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 08:54:45 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: [Rd] make check fails for R 2.3.0 (PR#8343)
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On Tue, 22 Nov 2005, Liaw, Andy wrote:

> From: ahenningsen at email.uni-kiel.de
>>
>> On Tuesday 22 November 2005 12:55, ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk wrote:
> [snip]
>>> Since it is unstable and=20
>>> unreleased, such things are by definition not bugs in R.
>>
>> Sorry, I did not know this. I thought that my report could help you.
>> The next time when I will find an error in R-devel I won't report it.
>
> I do not believe that's the intention.  Problem with building R-devel should
> be reported, but as post to R-devel (the list), rather than filed as bug
> report.

Andy is right about the intention, as Martin Maechler has said.  It might 
be a good idea to wait a few days and try the current R-devel before 
reporting, as for example files sometimes get missed out of the tarball 
for a day or two (but no longer).

The main point is to remember that the R-devel sources are not thoroughly 
tested and are not intended to be in working order on all platforms. 
(Automated testing lags a day or two behind, and fixing can lag further.) 
So if you are able to report something that is not obvious with an 
identified cause it is very helpful.

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[Rd] make check fails for R 2.3.0 (PR#8343)
Prof Brian Ripley