Running packrat::on() twice creates recursive links in lib-R

[Ariel Schwartz]

I have noticed that running packrat::on()messes up the symlinks in the lib-R directory.

Example:

~/Documents/ShinyApps/testPackrat% R

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Packrat mode on. Using library in directory:

- "~/Documents/ShinyApps/testPackrat/packrat/lib"

Initially everything is looking good under lib-R.

On a separate bash shell:

~/Documents/ShinyApps/testPackrat% ls -l packrat/lib-R/

total 232

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  60 Jan 14 19:02 KernSmooth -> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/KernSmooth

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  54 Jan 14 19:02 MASS -> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/MASS

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  56 Jan 14 19:02 Matrix -> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/Matrix

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  54 Jan 14 19:02 base -> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/base

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  54 Jan 14 19:02 boot -> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/boot

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  55 Jan 14 19:02 class -> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/class

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  57 Jan 14 19:02 cluster -> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/cluster

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  59 Jan 14 19:02 codetools -> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/codetools

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  58 Jan 14 19:02 compiler -> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/compiler

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  58 Jan 14 19:02 datasets -> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/datasets

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  57 Jan 14 19:02 foreign -> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/foreign

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  59 Jan 14 19:02 grDevices -> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/grDevices

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  58 Jan 14 19:02 graphics -> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/graphics

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  54 Jan 14 19:02 grid -> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/grid

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  57 Jan 14 19:02 lattice -> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/lattice

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  57 Jan 14 19:02 methods -> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/methods

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  54 Jan 14 19:02 mgcv -> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/mgcv

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  54 Jan 14 19:02 nlme -> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/nlme

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  54 Jan 14 19:02 nnet -> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/nnet

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  58 Jan 14 19:02 parallel -> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/parallel

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  55 Jan 14 19:02 rpart -> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/rpart

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  57 Jan 14 19:02 spatial -> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/spatial

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  57 Jan 14 19:02 splines -> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/splines

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  55 Jan 14 19:02 stats -> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/stats

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  56 Jan 14 19:02 stats4 -> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/stats4

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  58 Jan 14 19:02 survival -> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/survival

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  55 Jan 14 19:02 tcltk -> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/tcltk

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  55 Jan 14 19:02 tools -> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/tools

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  55 Jan 14 19:02 utils -> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/library/utils

Back in R:

> packrat::on()

Packrat mode on. Using library in directory:

- "~/Documents/ShinyApps/testPackrat/packrat/lib"

All the symlinks in lib-R are now recursively pointing to themselves:

~/Documents/ShinyApps/testPackrat% ls -l packrat/lib-R/

total 232

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  72 Jan 14 19:09 KernSmooth -> /Users/aschwart/Documents/ShinyApps/testPackrat/packrat/lib-R/KernSmooth

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  66 Jan 14 19:09 MASS -> /Users/aschwart/Documents/ShinyApps/testPackrat/packrat/lib-R/MASS

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  68 Jan 14 19:09 Matrix -> /Users/aschwart/Documents/ShinyApps/testPackrat/packrat/lib-R/Matrix

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  66 Jan 14 19:09 base -> /Users/aschwart/Documents/ShinyApps/testPackrat/packrat/lib-R/base

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  66 Jan 14 19:09 boot -> /Users/aschwart/Documents/ShinyApps/testPackrat/packrat/lib-R/boot

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  67 Jan 14 19:09 class -> /Users/aschwart/Documents/ShinyApps/testPackrat/packrat/lib-R/class

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  69 Jan 14 19:09 cluster -> /Users/aschwart/Documents/ShinyApps/testPackrat/packrat/lib-R/cluster

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  71 Jan 14 19:09 codetools -> /Users/aschwart/Documents/ShinyApps/testPackrat/packrat/lib-R/codetools

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  70 Jan 14 19:09 compiler -> /Users/aschwart/Documents/ShinyApps/testPackrat/packrat/lib-R/compiler

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  70 Jan 14 19:09 datasets -> /Users/aschwart/Documents/ShinyApps/testPackrat/packrat/lib-R/datasets

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  69 Jan 14 19:09 foreign -> /Users/aschwart/Documents/ShinyApps/testPackrat/packrat/lib-R/foreign

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  71 Jan 14 19:09 grDevices -> /Users/aschwart/Documents/ShinyApps/testPackrat/packrat/lib-R/grDevices

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  70 Jan 14 19:09 graphics -> /Users/aschwart/Documents/ShinyApps/testPackrat/packrat/lib-R/graphics

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  66 Jan 14 19:09 grid -> /Users/aschwart/Documents/ShinyApps/testPackrat/packrat/lib-R/grid

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  69 Jan 14 19:09 lattice -> /Users/aschwart/Documents/ShinyApps/testPackrat/packrat/lib-R/lattice

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  69 Jan 14 19:09 methods -> /Users/aschwart/Documents/ShinyApps/testPackrat/packrat/lib-R/methods

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  66 Jan 14 19:09 mgcv -> /Users/aschwart/Documents/ShinyApps/testPackrat/packrat/lib-R/mgcv

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  66 Jan 14 19:09 nlme -> /Users/aschwart/Documents/ShinyApps/testPackrat/packrat/lib-R/nlme

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  66 Jan 14 19:09 nnet -> /Users/aschwart/Documents/ShinyApps/testPackrat/packrat/lib-R/nnet

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  70 Jan 14 19:09 parallel -> /Users/aschwart/Documents/ShinyApps/testPackrat/packrat/lib-R/parallel

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  67 Jan 14 19:09 rpart -> /Users/aschwart/Documents/ShinyApps/testPackrat/packrat/lib-R/rpart

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  69 Jan 14 19:09 spatial -> /Users/aschwart/Documents/ShinyApps/testPackrat/packrat/lib-R/spatial

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  69 Jan 14 19:09 splines -> /Users/aschwart/Documents/ShinyApps/testPackrat/packrat/lib-R/splines

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  67 Jan 14 19:09 stats -> /Users/aschwart/Documents/ShinyApps/testPackrat/packrat/lib-R/stats

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  68 Jan 14 19:09 stats4 -> /Users/aschwart/Documents/ShinyApps/testPackrat/packrat/lib-R/stats4

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  70 Jan 14 19:09 survival -> /Users/aschwart/Documents/ShinyApps/testPackrat/packrat/lib-R/survival

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  67 Jan 14 19:09 tcltk -> /Users/aschwart/Documents/ShinyApps/testPackrat/packrat/lib-R/tcltk

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  67 Jan 14 19:09 tools -> /Users/aschwart/Documents/ShinyApps/testPackrat/packrat/lib-R/tools

lrwxr-xr-x  1 aschwart  staff  67 Jan 14 19:09 utils -> /Users/aschwart/Documents/ShinyApps/testPackrat/packrat/lib-R/utils

[Kevin Ushey]

Hi Ariel,

Thanks for reporting -- I've reproduced this and filed an issue on GitHub. (https://github.com/rstudio/packrat/issues/265)

Best,

Kevin

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