Using R-2.8.0 and R-2.8.1, I get behaviour like this: R version 2.8.0 (2008-10-20) Copyright (C) 2008 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing ISBN 3-900051-07-0
[....] > Sys.getenv("LD_LIBRARY_PATH") LD_LIBRARY_PATH "/home/hrapgc/local/R-2.8.0/lib:/usr/local/lib:/usr/lib/gcj-4.1.1:/home/hrapgc/Rstuff/library/asreml/libs" > q() Save workspace image? [y/n/c]: n However: R version 2.9.1 (2009-06-26) Copyright (C) 2009 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing ISBN 3-900051-07-0 [...] > Sys.getenv("LD_LIBRARY_PATH") LD_LIBRARY_PATH "/home/hrapgc/local/R-2.9.1/lib:/usr/local/lib:/usr/lib/gcj-4.1.2" I'm particularly dismayed by the fact that there are now only three parts to LD_LIBRARY_PATH, and slightly mystified by the appearance of /usr/lib/gcj-4.1.2 in place of /usr/lib/gcj-4.1.1. Maybe that's a red herring since the former is a link to the latter. I would appreciate help getting the rest of LD_LIBRARY_PATH back. I set it in ~/.bash_profile in case that makes a difference to the possible cause of the phenomenon. $ uname -r 2.6.18-92.1.22.el5 The problem doesn't seem to arise with Fedora 8 nor with Mepis 6.5. TIA -- Patrick Connolly HortResearch Mt Albert Auckland New Zealand Ph: +64-9 925 7079 ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~ I have the world`s largest collection of seashells. I keep it on all the beaches of the world ... Perhaps you`ve seen it. ---Steven Wright ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~ ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.