Bug#392084: r-cran-foreign: Undefined symbol Rf_allocString (needs recompilation)

[Bernd Feige]

Package: r-cran-foreign
Version: 0.8.15-1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

After upgrading r-base to 2.4, package foreign broke. Apparently needs
recompilation. This is what happens in R:

> library(foreign)
Fehler in dyn.load(x, as.logical(local), as.logical(now)) : 
        kann shared library '/usr/lib/R/library/foreign/libs/foreign.so' nicht 
laden:
 /usr/lib/R/library/foreign/libs/foreign.so: undefined symbol: Rf_allocString
Fehler: Laden von Paket/Namensraum für 'foreign' fehlgeschlagen

Thanks and best regards,
Bernd

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Versions of packages r-cran-foreign depends on:
ii  libc6                        2.3.6.ds1-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  r-base-core                  2.4.0-1     GNU R core of statistical computin

r-cran-foreign recommends no packages.

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