The location of the build and check environment files can

now be specified by the environment variables

to control possibly reducing the size of the PDF file it creates

defined within reference classes, including of

to prepare the tarball.  This is more likely to

packages which re-define base functions such as

There is now a test that a JNI program can be compiled (like

did) and only working settings are used.

It makes use of custom settings from configuration recorded in

(re)build vignettes and never omitted them.

removed, including the oft misused non-API header

other non-vector object is now an error.

Several non-API entry points have been transferred to

since version 2.15.1 is no longer available.

defunct: LAPACK will be used, with a warning.

is defunct.  This option needs to be set

All the (non-API) EISPACK entry points in

deprecated: only the public versions without the dot have ever

The C code underlying base graphics has been migrated to the

package have been migrated to C code in that package.

been used by packages no longer exist, including

executable or shared library) have been moved to

more appropriate packages.  Packages should not have been using

such calls, but some did (mainly those used by

getting or setting the CPU affinity mask for the current

systems that supports this (currently only Linux has been tested

successfully).  It has no effect on systems which do not support

process affinity.  Users are not expected to use this function

directly (with the exception of fixing libraries that break

affinity settings like OpenBLAS) -- the function is rather

intended to support affinity control in high-level parallel

control in the OS by its own bookkeeping

related to processes and threads it spawns.

which attempts to set the affinity of the child process according

The port used by socket clusters is chosen randomly: this

should help to avoid clashes observed when two users of a

multi-user machine try to create a cluster at the same time.  To

reproduce the previous behaviour set environment variable