Currently, install.packages takes a 'configure.args' argument that adds a --configure-args to the eventual call to R CMD INSTALL. It does not, however, have a 'configure.vars' argument to similarly add the --configure-vars option to R CMD INSTALL, which seems to be an oversight.
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