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mran -> cran URL change broke install.packages #49

Closed zbjornson closed 6 years ago

zbjornson commented 6 years ago

It appears that Microsoft changed mran.microsoft.com to cran.microsoft.com, but didn't (a) put up an HTTP 301 at mran.microsoft.com or (b) change getRevoRepos.R(? file looks out of date in this repo) to use cran.microsoft.com for installing packages.

There are a handful of reports of this, but it doesn't seem to be getting the attention it merits given that it breaks a major point of MRO...

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https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/bb0b9f84-1243-4dab-b02b-3ebcdef79a05/cannot-install-packages-in-r-console?forum=ropen from Nov 23
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/554cb64f-c0c8-4663-9942-55db3edc03ab/installpackages-fails-against-mran?forum=ropen suggests it was fixed on Nov 15, but the issue persists.

richcalaway commented 6 years ago

We believe the major issues with cran.microsoft.com have been resolved.