It is decomissioned. See the current FAQ on CRAN, which says Sources are also available via `https://svn.r-project.org/R/', the R Subversion repository, but currently not via anonymous rsync (or CVS).
There are good, security-related, reasons for discontinuing rsync. To get R from svn.r-project.org you need an svn client (http://subversion.tigris.org/project_packages.html) and then look at http://developer.r-project.org/SVNtips.html, although ## to checkout svn co https://svn.r-project.org/R/trunk R-devel ## to update cd R-devel svn up is about all you need to know. If you want a GUI use TortoiseSVN (but watch for drastic slowdowns to Explorer with it installed). On Sat, 21 Aug 2004, Erich Neuwirth wrote: > rsync.r-project.org (alias bates4.stat.wisc.edu) > seems to be unreachable right now. > is this only my problem? > will it be reachable soon again? > > > -- Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
