On Fri, 2009-04-03 at 09:31 -0400, Tom "spot" Callaway wrote:
> On 04/03/2009 03:31 AM, Martyn Plummer wrote:
> > On Tue, 2009-03-24 at 08:48 -0400, Tom "spot" Callaway wrote:
> >> On 03/24/2009 05:30 AM, Pierre-Yves wrote:
> >>
> >>> While we are at this, could we add something in /etc/profile.d/ to set
> >>> R_HOME to /usr/lib{64}/R ?
> >>>
> >>> I can also include it in R-rJava to make user's life easier :)
> >> R_HOME should always be determined by asking R (R RHOME), so this isn't
> >> necessary.
> >>
> >> ~spot
> >
> > I see that you put this in. But it breaks the testing suite in the
> > current development version. Can we go back over this decision to see
> > what the original problem was?
>
> Pierre is maintaining an R module (rJava, I think if memory serves),
> where it refuses to build/function unless R_HOME is set properly. He
> should be able to provide more specifics.
Both the CRAN version of the rJava package, and the latest snapshot from
rforge build correctly without having R_HOME set. This must be
something that happens inside R2spec. I've found Pierre's blog post
where he talks about the problem and will take a look.
M.
[Sorry I keep forgetting that I need to reply to this list using my
r-project.org address. I apologize for the admin messages this
generates]
> Alternately, might I suggest that the testing suite unset any R related
> env variables before running? Seems like a logical catch-all.
>
> ~spot
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