Problem with Secondary Repos

[ddsjoberg]

Apologies in advance that I don't have simple reproducible example to include here.

Today I installed R 4.2.1 with rig for Windows using the "Latest" release link, and I am now experiencing an issue with the my secondary repos.

I use the RStudio RSPM repo to install CRAN packages, and I also have my institution's RSPM linked as well (called MSK_RSPM). These repos were setup before the installation, and appear to still be set up (see screengrab below)

The strange part is that when I open a fresh RStudio session, the repos are set to the CRAN cloud mirror, the RStudio RSPM is listed, but my MSK_RSPM is no where to be seen. I've removed it and added it back again...but it doesn't appear to be recognized by RStudio any longer.

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> getOption("repos")
                                           RSPM                                            CRAN 
"https://packagemanager.rstudio.com/all/latest"                   "https://cloud.r-project.org" 

Thank you!

[gaborcsardi]

If you want to manage repositories in RStudio, then I suggest you tell rig not to set the default repos:

rig add --without-cran-mirror --without-rspm

[ddsjoberg]

Ahh, gotcha. I didn't realize that these would suppress the RStudio settings. I uninstalled 4.2.1 and re-installed with those options and everything works with the secondary repos again.

Thank you!

[gaborcsardi]

Yeah, it seems that if repos is already set, then RStudio will not touch it. That's what that warning means.

[ddsjoberg]

OK, that makes sense. I use {renv} heavily so I see this message all the time, and I guess I had seen it so many times that I no longer notice it! 😆