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Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2023 17:12:28 -0800
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Subject: R library() bug
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From: Stephen P Carrier via Cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com>
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I have found another issue with Cygwin R.

This is for a brand new R installation (4.3.0) on up-to-date Cygwin.  I am
warned when starting R that "stats" package was not found.  Though it was
just a warning I do need the stats package for some things.

Minimal test case:  I invoke "R" with no arguments and get:

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R version 4.3.0 (2023-04-21) -- "Already Tomorrow"
Copyright (C) 2023 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
Platform: x86_64-pc-cygwin (64-bit)

R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
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Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details.

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Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or
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During startup - Warning message:
package ‘stats’ in options("defaultPackages") was not found
> library("stats")
Error: package or namespace load failed for ‘stats’ in dyn.load(file,
DLLpath = DLLpath, ...):
 unable to load shared object '/usr/lib/R/library/stats/libs/stats.dll':
  No such file or directory
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However, the file /usr/lib/R/library/stats/libs/stats.dll is very much a
file that exists and is readable by the user running R.  I've looked over
file and folder permissions and don't see an issue.  Other packages in
options('defaultPackages') load without difficulty.

Could the maintainer have a look?  Thanks.

--Stephen Carrier

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