devtools::install() is not working if Bioconductor is not available

[a-maldet]

If Bioconductor is not available, then devtools::install() will run into the error caused by this issue r-lib/pak#827
Setting

options(pkg.use_bioconductor = FALSE)
Sys.setenv(PKG_USE_BIOCONDUCTOR = "FALSE")

does not make any difference. Can anybody help? Thanks.

[jennybc]

I have successfully used devtools::install() lately, leading up to the release, for example.

Are you saying devtools::install() categorically never works for you? Or is there more detail you can add?

[BastienFR]

I have the same problem. I have an installation script that I've been running regularly for the last two years on different machine. The script uses devtools::install pointing at a local folder. I've tried it today and now I get this error:

devtools:install("My_folder_name")
--- pak::local_install_deps()--------
Error:
! error in pak subprocess
Caused by error in `download.file(url, tmp, quiet = TRUE)`:
! cannot open URL 'http://bioconductor.org/config.yaml'
---

I work in a close environment without internet.

What is the point of devtools pinging bioconductor? Is there a way to prevent this so the installation work offline? Thanks.