Re: Upcoming new round of R package rebuilds [FWD: [Rd] R-devel object header changes that require reinstalling packages]
Uff, thanks for letting us know in advance!! I believe this means another
fresh repository in CRAN for the corresponding R release...
Johannes
Am Montag, 18. September 2017, 22:41:04 CEST schrieb Charles Plessy:
> Hello everybody,
>
> I just wanted to relay the information that some R packages will need a
> rebuild after the next upgrade of R. (see the email forwarded below.)
>
> (By the way, I apologise in advance that I am being crushed for time
> currently and will not be able to help much).
>
> Cheers,
>
> -- Charles
>
> ----- Forwarded message -----
>
> Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2017 13:28:48 -0500 (CDT)
> To: R-devel@r-project.org
> Subject: [Rd] R-devel object header changes that require reinstalling
> packages Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1709121326430.30468@luke-Latitude>
>
> For anyone using the development version of R:
>
> svn revision 73243 introduces some changes to the memory layout of R
> objects that require reinstalling packages using compiled
> code. Attempting to load incompatible packages should signal an
> error. These changes are to support a new extension framework for
> basic R objects
> (https://svn.r-project.org/R/branches/ALTREP/ALTREP.html outlines the
> framework). Merging the remainder of the framework should not
> introduce more binary changes and is expected to occur in the next few
> months.
>
> Best,
>
> luke
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