#26426: begin installing recommended package MASS -> Error in file(con, "r") : cannot open the connection ---------------------------------------+------------------------------------ Reporter: faisal.moledina@… | Owner: kjell.konis@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 1.9.1 Keywords: | Port: R ---------------------------------------+------------------------------------ Comment(by kjell.konis@…): Maintainer here. Hmmm. This is the second time someone has reported a failure while R is building its recommended packages. Since I have never been able to reproduce this, the best I can do is add a variant for the recommended packages. The attached Portfile-R.diff adds a recommended variant to control whether the R port builds the recommended packages during installation (these packages can always be added later using the install.packages function in R). The default is to build the recommended packages during installation. If this borks then install the port using the command port install R -recommended and add the packages manually. -- Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/26426#comment:2> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS