As of a few weeks ago, rtools does store the current version in the registry but its only a gross figure such as 2.7 or 2.8 and that would not be enough to identify the build.
On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 4:45 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is (hopefully) a small request. > > I routinely build (and test) both R versions from sources on my system > (WinXP). I would like to be sure that I have the current version of > Rtools. I always go to Robert Murdoch's site "Building R for Windows" and > check the latest news. Everything I need is explained there, except I > never know if I have the most recent version of Rtools.exe. I see > Rtools28.exe but my understanding is that this file is "refreshed" quite > frequently. Is so, would it be possible to include some version numbering > scheme in its name? Perhaps a build date stamp can be included instead? > > Thanks in advance, > > Andy > > __________________________________ > Andy Jaworski > 518-1-01 > Process Laboratory > 3M Corporate Research Laboratory > ----- > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tel: (651) 733-6092 > Fax: (651) 736-3122 > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel