Looks like this could be locale related. Both of you are using non-US locales, and Sys.setlocale is not changing the last entry (LC_MESSAGES), which is as documented, but maybe somehow related.
I can reproduce with Peters-iMac:r-release-branch pd$ LC_ALL=da_DK.UTF-8 BUILD-dist/bin/R --vanilla R version 3.2.1 beta (2015-06-07 r68485) -- "World-Famous Astronaut" Copyright (C) 2015 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0/x86_64 (64-bit) R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details. R is a collaborative project with many contributors. Type 'contributors()' for more information and 'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in publications. Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or 'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface to help. Type 'q()' to quit R. > Sys.setlocale(locale='en_US.UTF-8') [1] "en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/en_US.UTF-8/da_DK.UTF-8" > "320" > "300" [1] NA On 08 Jun 2015, at 11:10 , Reijo Sund <reijo.s...@helsinki.fi> wrote: > Hi! > > Yes, I can repeat the problem. Happens at least with Mavericks build of R > 3.1.3 (2015-03-09) as well as with Mavericks as well as Snowleopard builds of > R 3.2.1 beta (2015-06-07 r68485). > > Best wishes, > Reijo > > - - - > > R version 3.1.3 (2015-03-09) -- "Smooth Sidewalk" > Copyright (C) 2015 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing > Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0 (64-bit) > >> Sys.setlocale(locale='en_US.UTF-8') > [1] "en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/en_US.UTF-8/fi_FI.UTF-8" >> "320" > "300" > [1] NA >> "320" > "300" > [1] TRUE > > - - - > > R version 3.2.1 beta (2015-06-07 r68485) -- "World-Famous Astronaut" > Copyright (C) 2015 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing > Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0 (64-bit) > >> Sys.setlocale(locale='en_US.UTF-8') > [1] "en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/en_US.UTF-8/fi_FI.UTF-8" >> "320" > "300" > [1] NA >> "320" > "300" > [1] TRUE > > - - - > > R version 3.2.1 beta (2015-06-07 r68485) -- "World-Famous Astronaut" > Copyright (C) 2015 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing > Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin10.8.0 (64-bit) > >> Sys.setlocale(locale='en_US.UTF-8') > [1] "en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/en_US.UTF-8/fi_FI.UTF-8" >> "320" > "300" > [1] NA >> "320" > "300" > [1] TRUE > > > > >> peter dalgaard <pda...@gmail.com> kirjoitti 8.6.2015 kello 11.14: >> >> Not happening for me with >> >> R version 3.2.0 Patched (2015-06-05 r68479) -- "Full of Ingredients" >> ... >> >>> Sys.setlocale(locale='en_US.UTF-8') >> [1] "en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8" >>> "320"> "300" >> [1] TRUE >>> "320"> "300" >> [1] TRUE >>> >> >> -pd >> >>> On 08 Jun 2015, at 03:42 , Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.dun...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> On 07/06/2015 9:14 PM, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: >>>> >>>> On 7 June 2015 at 20:46, Duncan Murdoch wrote: >>>> | I am seeing very strange behaviour in R 3.2.0 patched (r68272) and a new >>>> | build of R-devel. The sessioninfo() from the former is below. >>>> | >>>> | Here's what I see: If I set the locale, and trigger a namespace load, a >>>> | version comparison gives NA, and I get an error. For example, in a new >>>> | session started with R --vanilla from the terminal: >>>> | >>>> | > Sys.setlocale(locale='en_US.UTF-8');grid::gpar() >>>> | [1] "en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_CA.UTF-8" >>>> | Error in if (R_version_built_under < "3.0.0") stop(gettextf("package %s >>>> | was built before R 3.0.0: please re-install it", : >>>> | missing value where TRUE/FALSE needed >>>> | >>>> | I've tried debugging this, and the bad lines are these, in loadNamespace: >>>> | >>>> | R_version_built_under <- as.numeric_version(built$R) >>>> | if (R_version_built_under < "3.0.0") stop(gettextf("package %s was built >>>> | before R 3.0.0: please re-install it", >>>> | sQuote(basename(pkgpath))), call. = FALSE, domain = NA) >>>> | >>>> | These are in the src/library/base/R/namespace.R file, around line 379. >>>> | >>>> | If I stop it before the if and evaluate R_version_built_under, it looks >>>> | fine. If I stop it there and evaluate >>>> | >>>> | R_version_built_under < "3.0.0" >>>> | >>>> | I get NA. If I evaluate it again without changing anything, I get FALSE. >>>> | >>>> | Does anyone else see this? Any ideas on what might be the cause? >>>> >>>> I don't see it on Ubuntu with a fresh R-devel: >>>> >>>> edd@max:~/svn/r-devel$ RD >>>> >>>> R Under development (unstable) (2015-06-06 r68485) -- "Unsuffered >>>> Consequences" >>>> Copyright (C) 2015 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing >>>> Platform: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu (64-bit) >>>> >>>> R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. >>>> You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. >>>> Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details. >>>> >>>> Natural language support but running in an English locale >>>> >>>> R is a collaborative project with many contributors. >>>> Type 'contributors()' for more information and >>>> 'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in publications. >>>> >>>> Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or >>>> 'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface to help. >>>> Type 'q()' to quit R. >>>> >>>> R> Sys.setlocale(locale='en_US.UTF-8');grid::gpar() >>>> [1] >>>> "LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8;LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8;LC_MONETARY=en_US.UTF-8;LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8;LC_PAPER=en_US.UTF-8;LC_NAME=C;LC_ADDRESS=C;LC_TELEPHONE=C;LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.UTF-8;LC_IDENTIFICATION=C" >>>> list() >>>> R> >>>> >>>> I don't have r-patched handy or I'd try that too. >>> >>> Thanks. It doesn't actually need loadNamespace, it's string comparisons >>> that fail. For example, >>> >>> $ R --vanilla >>> >>> R version 3.2.0 Patched (2015-04-28 r68272) -- "Full of Ingredients" >>> Copyright (C) 2015 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing >>> Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0 (64-bit) >>> >>> R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. >>> You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. >>> Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details. >>> >>> Natural language support but running in an English locale >>> >>> R is a collaborative project with many contributors. >>> Type 'contributors()' for more information and >>> 'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in publications. >>> >>> Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or >>> 'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface to help. >>> Type 'q()' to quit R. >>> >>>> Sys.setlocale(locale='en_US.UTF-8') >>> [1] "en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_CA.UTF-8" >>>> "320" > "300" >>> [1] NA >>>> "320" > "300" >>> [1] TRUE >>> >>> I don't see it in R-devel on Windows. >>> >>> Duncan Murdoch >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> R-devel@r-project.org mailing list >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel >> >> -- >> Peter Dalgaard, Professor, >> Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School >> Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark >> Phone: (+45)38153501 >> Email: pd....@cbs.dk Priv: pda...@gmail.com >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-devel@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > -- Peter Dalgaard, Professor, Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark Phone: (+45)38153501 Office: A 4.23 Email: pd....@cbs.dk Priv: pda...@gmail.com ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel