[GenABEL-dev] GenABEL: Installation/load error on Unix, MAC and Windows...

[L.C. Karssen]

Dear Maria,

On 01/10/2013 04:41 PM, Maria G wrote:
> Dear Lennart,
> 
> I don't see 1.7-3 version for MAC (which I use) here:
> http://cran.at.r-project.org/web/packages/GenABEL/index.html

You're right... That's strange.
Yurii, you have a Mac, do you know why it is lagging on Macs?


Best,

Lennart.

> 
> best
> Maria
> 
> 
> 10.01.2013, 19:37, "L.C. Karssen" <lennart at karssen.org>:
>> Dear both,
>>
>> Yesterday evening Yurii uploaded GenABEL v1.7-3 to CRAN. I installed it
>> on our servers this morning but be careful with your choice of download
>> mirror. I used the Dutch one at first, but that one still had the older
>> version. The US mirror had the latest version.
>>
>> Lennart.
>>
>> On 01/10/2013 04:08 PM, Maria G wrote:
>>
>>>  Thanks a lot, Nicola!!
>>>
>>>  Don't you mind if I copy your answer to the Forum?
>>>  or may be you would like to publish the answer there from your personal name?
>>>
>>>  best
>>>  Maria
>>>
>>>  10.01.2013, 19:06, "Nicola Pirastu" <pirastu at burlo.trieste.it>:
>>>>  Hi Maria,
>>>>
>>>>  the problem was addressed a few days ago and I think it will be fixed permanently in the next release.
>>>>
>>>>  Meanwhile it is possible to go around it by adding a few lines in the file /GenABEL/R/checkPackageVersionOnCRAN.R
>>>>
>>>>  this is how it looks like now:
>>>>
>>>>          stringSplit <- strsplit(targetLine,splitPattern)
>>>>          cranVersion <- stringSplit[[1]][length(stringSplit[[1]])-1]
>>>>
>>>>  and this is the how I personally fixed it:
>>>>
>>>>       stringSplit <- strsplit(targetLine,splitPattern)
>>>>
>>>>        if(length(stringSplit)>0){
>>>>
>>>>          cranVersion <- stringSplit[[1]][length(stringSplit[[1]])-1]
>>>>
>>>>          }else{
>>>>                  cranVersion <- "1.7-2"
>>>>        }
>>>>
>>>>  Basically for some reason it does not catch the version number from CRAN which was not supposed to happen, so I just added a check.
>>>>
>>>>  What you have to do is:
>>>>
>>>>  1) uncompress the GenABEL tar
>>>>
>>>>  2) open the /GenABEL/R/checkPackageVersionOnCRAN.R file
>>>>
>>>>  3) add the two lines
>>>>
>>>>  4) save and reinstall the GenABEL package.
>>>>
>>>>  This worked at least for me. I'm sure someone figured out something more elegant, but this is an easy work around.
>>>>
>>>>  Hope it helps.
>>>>
>>>>  Nicola
>>>>
>>>>  Il giorno 10/gen/2013, alle ore 15:56, Maria G <mgmaria at yandex.ru> ha scritto:
>>>>>   Dear maintainers,
>>>>>
>>>>>   I would like to attract your attention to recently arised problem with loading GenABEL under any version of OS.
>>>>>
>>>>>   Please, have a look at the Forum here:
>>>>>
>>>>>   http://forum.genabel.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=733&p=1332#p1332
>>>>>
>>>>>   Hope to get good news from you soon
>>>>>
>>>>>   best
>>>>>
>>>>>   Maria
>>>>>
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>> The Netherlands
>>
>> lennart at karssen.org
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