1) It was the Statlib mirror from which I was downloading. If I don't get any more interesting messages before I return to work in the morning, I'll try installing off of a different mirror.
2) On general principles, I just updated the lme4 related packages on the SuSE 10 machine that I run at home (NC mirror). That worked fine. Chuck -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Peter Dalgaard Sent: Thu 1/12/2006 4:56 PM .... Which CRAN mirror? The Statlib one has been acting up lately. .... ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html