Hi,
I can confirm this problem on an actual SID, amd64 system. It prevents from
installing new packages to R. See
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> install.packages("BB")
Warning in install.packages("BB") :
argument 'lib' is missing: using '/usr/local/lib/R/site-library'
--- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
Loading Tcl/Tk interface ... done
also installing the dependency 'numDeriv'
trying URL 'http://cran.at.r-project.org/src/contrib/numDeriv_2009.2-1.tar.gz'
Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 42078 bytes (41 Kb)
opened URL
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downloaded 41 Kb
trying URL 'http://cran.at.r-project.org/src/contrib/BB_2009.9-1.tar.gz'
Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 386827 bytes (377 Kb)
opened URL
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downloaded 377 Kb
Error in read.dcf(file.path(pkg, "DESCRIPTION")) :
Line starting 'P ...' is malformed!
Error in read.dcf(file.path(pkg, "DESCRIPTION")) :
Line starting 'P ...' is malformed!
The downloaded packages are in
'/tmp/RtmpQeVJOE/downloaded_packages'
There were 50 or more warnings (use warnings() to see the first 50)
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> warnings()
Warning messages:
1: read.dcf() error on file '/usr/lib/R/site-library/rkward/DESCRIPTION'
2: read.dcf() error on file '/usr/lib/R/library/KernSmooth/DESCRIPTION'
3: read.dcf() error on file '/usr/lib/R/library/MASS/DESCRIPTION'
4: read.dcf() error on file '/usr/lib/R/library/Matrix/DESCRIPTION'
5: read.dcf() error on file '/usr/lib/R/library/base/DESCRIPTION'
6: read.dcf() error on file '/usr/lib/R/library/boot/DESCRIPTION'
7: read.dcf() error on file '/usr/lib/R/library/class/DESCRIPTION'
8: read.dcf() error on file '/usr/lib/R/library/cluster/DESCRIPTION'
9: read.dcf() error on file '/usr/lib/R/library/codetools/DESCRIPTION'
10: read.dcf() error on file '/usr/lib/R/library/datasets/DESCRIPTION'
[...] and 40 more
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Best greetings,
Johannes
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