Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2018 07:37:44 +0100 From: Kurt Jaeger <lists@opsec.eu> To: Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com> Cc: "ports@freebsd.org" <ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Not much reason to have */R-cran-* ports Message-ID: <20180321063744.GW21001@home.opsec.eu> In-Reply-To: <03cf592e-fd94-0228-8469-c9076583864f@rawbw.com> References: <791f8a7f-7f3e-2070-0be3-50494b1b2801@rawbw.com> <5AB15109.8010703@grosbein.net> <03cf592e-fd94-0228-8469-c9076583864f@rawbw.com>
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Hi! > R packages are only useful in the > context of R, as building blocks of larger R programs only runnable in R > environment. R packages are much more dependent on environment. How does R handle dependencies on non-system libraries, like an exotic graphics lib ? Does R internally replicate all this build/dependency-tracking that ports (or other systems' package managers) provide ? Other systems (like debian etc) also have large collections of R-related packages, because of the dependency tracking problem. apt-cache search "^r-.*" | wc -l -- pi@opsec.eu +49 171 3101372 2 years to go !
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