[ESS] Select CRAN mirror fails the first time

[Stavros Macrakis]

I have not been able to reproduce this problem when running Rterm.exe
under the Windows command line cmd.

            -s

On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 1:49 PM, Rodney Sparapani <rsparapa at mcw.edu> wrote:
> 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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