install_github forces upgrade of packages already installed #863
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Just to make this a concise reproducible example: devtools::install_version('igraph', '0.7.1', repo = 'http://cran.rstudio.com')
# This next command first upgrades igraph, which causes the installation to fail
devtools::install_github("nimble-dev/nimble/packages/nimble@stable") note that the nimble package does not place any restrictions on version numbers of its dependencies (and its installation fails with igraph > 1.0, but works with 0.7.1). Or maybe @gaborcsardi can see if I'm just doing something wrong with respect to igraph or this installation? |
I agree that this behavior is annoying and causes unexpected system changes when I'm debugging stuff. Maybe make it opt-in? |
Yeah, this is expected behaviour because I see a lot of people who have problems because (e.g.) they installed the latest ggplot2, but have an old version of dplyr. If you don't want to update the deps, do |
+1 for an option to disable automatic package upgrades. The problem with We still need dependencies that are currently not installed, just not reinstall packages when a suitable version is available. |
Still tries to install The installed EDIT: Package: PredRetR
Version: 0.55
Date: 2016-05-20
Title: PredRetR
Author: Jan Stanstrup <stanstrup@gmail.com>
Maintainer: Jan Stanstrup <stanstrup@gmail.com>
Depends: R (>= 2.14.0), rmongodb, ggplot2, shiny
Suggests: rCharts
Imports: stringr, mgcv, pracma, boot, parallel, plyr, reshape2, Rplot.extra, massageR, igraph, ini
Enhances:
Description: Functions for PredRet prediction of retention times.
License: GPL (>= 2)
URL: None
biocViews: Metabolomics
Remotes: stanstrup/Rplot.extra, stanstrup/massageR |
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I need a package that is broken by the latest version of
igraph
at the moment, so I install an archived first withdevtools::install_version()
. I then go and install the package I need usinginstall_github()
, but this upgrades me to the latest version ofigraph
.Here the archived version is installed: https://travis-ci.org/cboettig/gpmanagement/builds/68427213#L2133
And here is
install_github
call updating it to the latest version: https://travis-ci.org/cboettig/gpmanagement/builds/68427213#L2756Here is the travis file for this build: https://github.com/cboettig/gpmanagement/blob/d1ac025328dc34dc1bd77bdf465f04ba2d6747fa/.travis.yml
Am I just missing something or is this not the expected behavior?
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