[R] devtools: rtools not compatible with 3.0.1

[Ben Bolker]

Alexander Shenkin <ashenkin <at> ufl.edu> writes:

> 
> Hi Folks,
> 
> I'm trying to load devtools in R 3.0.1 in order to run the dev version
> of lme4.  I've updated devtools, and just installed Rtools30.exe. 
> However, I get the following warning (in R-Studio, RGui, and R.exe, both
> x64 and i386):

  There's a bit of chicken-and-egg problem here, but devtools
has recently been updated to deal with this problem.

https://github.com/hadley/devtools/pull/298

  Until a new version makes it onto CRAN, you might have to 
clone/download the repository and install the package from there.
(Let me know off-list if you want me to pack up the package and
send it to you ...)

  Ben Bolker