Re: [R-SIG-Mac] PACKAGES file missing

2020-02-12 Thread Simon Urbanek
Thanks, indeed, there were some disruptions, but now the build machine has its own dedicated port and location in Auckland so hopefully things will settle. I have also fortified the sync scripts to not sync with the Mac master if there is no PACKAGES file to avoid such issues in case something

Re: [R-SIG-Mac] PACKAGES file missing

2020-02-12 Thread peter dalgaard
[See note from Simon Urbanek on February 7. All is related to Simon and his equipment being turned upside down a few weeks ago. -pd] > On 12 Feb 2020, at 12:42 , Joel Jacobson wrote: > > The file was missing for sure from all mirrors also the main one. My guess is > you have a cronjob that

Re: [R-SIG-Mac] PACKAGES file missing

2020-02-12 Thread Uwe Ligges
On 12.02.2020 12:42, Joel Jacobson wrote: The file was missing for sure from all mirrors also the main one. My guess is you have a cronjob that builds the new PACKAGES file that removes the old file before the new one has been created. Note that the mirrors do not sync at the same time. So

Re: [R-SIG-Mac] PACKAGES file missing

2020-02-12 Thread Joel Jacobson
The file was missing for sure from all mirrors also the main one. My guess is you have a cronjob that builds the new PACKAGES file that removes the old file before the new one has been created. Best regards, Joel On Wed, Feb 12, 2020, at 17:01, Dr Eberhard W Lisse wrote: > You didn't give any

Re: [R-SIG-Mac] PACKAGES file missing

2020-02-12 Thread Dr Eberhard W Lisse
You didn't give any advice. I did :-)-O And it does what the OP asked for :-)-O I do some things in the command line R or even running stuff as Rscript, but for development (and updates) an IDE such as RStudio is very helpful even if it is not die reine Lehre :-)-O el On 12/02/2020 12:53, Uwe

Re: [R-SIG-Mac] PACKAGES file missing

2020-02-12 Thread Uwe Ligges
On 12.02.2020 10:51, Dr Eberhard W Lisse wrote: Joel, This should be a temporary issue, I can reach the failed URL. local({ + r <- getOption("repos") + r["CRAN"] <- "https://cloud.r-project.org/; + options(repos = r) + }) >

Re: [R-SIG-Mac] PACKAGES file missing

2020-02-12 Thread Dr Eberhard W Lisse
Joel, This should be a temporary issue, I can reach the failed URL. local({ + r <- getOption("repos") + r["CRAN"] <- "https://cloud.r-project.org/; + options(repos = r) + }) > install.packages("tidyverse") [...] trying URL

[R-SIG-Mac] PACKAGES file missing

2020-02-12 Thread Joel Jacobson
Hi, I'm a R newbie having some problems. The special PACKAGES file seems to be missing for version 3.6: https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/macosx/el-capitan/contrib/3.6/PACKAGES This is causing install.packages() to fail, which forces installation from source: > install.packages("tidyverse")