[ESS] Select CRAN mirror fails the first time

[Rodney Sparapani]

Stavros Macrakis wrote:
> When I perform a command that requires a CRAN mirror (e.g.
> update.packages) under ESS, the system hangs and does not display the
> CRAN mirror selection window.  If I quit out of this (C-g C-c C-c) and
> try again, it works on the second try.  Under the RGui, the popup
> window works the first time.
> 
> Is there a fix or workaround for this?
> 
>             -s
> 
> ESS 5.3.10
> R 2.8.1
> Emacs 22.3.1
> Windows XP
> 

Actually, I think I have seen this problem both with and without
ESS using the R command-line rather than the GUI.  So, I don't
think this is an ESS issue.  But, under Windows, I suppose you
can't test it from the command line, correct?

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