From dmurdoch at pair.com  Wed Apr 23 15:17:36 2003
From: dmurdoch at pair.com (dmurdoch@pair.com)
Date: Wed Apr 23 14:18:04 2003
Subject: [Rd] Bug in versioned install (was: (fwd) R-1.7.0 : Problem with
	Downloading "dse") (PR#2827)
Message-ID: <200304231217.h3NCHapD023050@pubhealth.ku.dk>

The reason dse won't install is because of the new versioned install
code.  It assumes that it's dealing with a plain package, and doesn't
handle bundles properly.

Robert, could you look at that?  

A workaround is as follows.  After the install.packages call fails
with this message

>Error in file(file, "r") : unable to open connection
>In addition: Warning message: 
>cannot open file `dse/DESCRIPTION' 

you are left with a temporary directory in $RHOME/library named
something like $RHOME/library/file14752 (the number at the end will
vary).

This directory will contain subdirectories dse1, dse2, setRNG, and
tframe.  

If you move those four subdirectories up a level to $RHOME/library,
then dse will work.

Duncan Murdoch


[Rd] Bug in versioned install (was: (fwd) R-1.7.0 : Problem with Downloading "dse") (PR#2827)
dmurdoch@pair.com