R for the motus server

This repo tracks the version of R used for the motus server, including any local changes.

See here for the upstream R readme.

This version is only meant for the server, and not for use by data users.

Upstream Version

R-3.4.3

Build Configuration

    ./configure --enable-R-shlib --without-x --with-cairo --prefix=/usr

Changelog

2018-09-26 protect unsorted list of files to prevent translateCharUTF8 error; see https://bugs.r-project.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17477 and https://github.com/MotusDev/Motus-TO-DO/issues/230

2018-01-09 allow for much larger headers on http requests to the built-in Rhttpd server; otherwise, large cookies, such as those generated for modAuthTKT authentication on sgdata.motus.org, are breaking header parsing. This is contrary to the behaviour described in the code, whereby overlong headers are supposed to cause a 413 reply.