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Subject:    Re: [R-SIG-Mac] R 2.12 & install all dependencies
From:       Denis Chabot <chabotd () globetrotter ! net>
Date:       2010-10-20 13:58:47
Message-ID: 9BEB7439-8FA1-4427-999C-5F7AA36BC951 () globetrotter ! net
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Thanks, I'll try this.

Denis
Le 2010-10-20 à 09:56, Federico Calboli a écrit :

> On 20 Oct 2010, at 14:48, Denis Chabot wrote:
> > 
> > I just installed R 2.12 and it seems to me the way progress is reported when \
> > installing packages is different.  
> > I picked a few packages to install and I selected "install dependencies". R's \
> > spinning wheel spinned endlessly, with no text appearing in the console to \
> > indicate progress. I was used to see progress as each package got loaded on disk \
> > and then installed, but nothing. After a minute, I force-quit R and relaunched \
> > it. Selecting a single package without the option "install dependencies" worked \
> > as usual. In this case, it was doBy, and within seconds the process was complete. \
> >  I then selected doBy again in the package installer, but this time I selected \
> > "install dependencies". Spinning wheel, no progress in the console. I must have \
> > waited 2-3 minutes and suddenly the console quickly listed all the work that had \
> > been accomplished (it seems many packages needed to be installed, as this was a \
> > brand new R 2.12 install). It seems to me that in the past (including R 2.11), \
> > the console kept us up to date with what was happening. If this is not just my \
> > imagination, the old behavior was preferable.
> 
> 
> had the same problem, and I think it is a mirror problem, not an R problem, because \
> after changing the mirror a few times everything started working as expected. 
> F
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