macro now allows markup in the link text

when the topic is given by the optional argument, e.g.,

It is now documented (and tested) that the

Both methods return or keep internal type

full control over what gets added to the search path.  (Actually

to allow more flexible and consistent (double)

is more specific, thanks to the contributors of

produces more informative error messages

in some cases when variables in the formula are not found, thanks to

function belongs to a group generic and the method is for the

The bundled BLAS and LAPACK sources have been updated to

those shipped as part of January 2025's LAPACK 3.12.1.

It is intended that this will be the last update to BLAS and

encouraged to use external BLAS and LAPACK and this will be required in

This update was mainly bug fixes but contained a barely

documented major change.  The set of BLAS routines had been

which are now used by LAPACK routines.  This means that BLAS

implementations are no longer interchangeable.

LAPACK, not built if an external LAPACK is used).

This option allows the continuation of the practice of swapping

the disadvantage of using the reference BLAS version of the 2025

routines whereas an enhanced BLAS might have an optimized version

Windows builds currently use the internal LAPACK and by

default the internal BLAS: notes on how to swap the latter

A C23 compiler (if available) is now selected by default for

%% Apple clang 14.0.3 was too old: 15 is the earliest that can be

A C23 compiler is known to be selected with

Current binary distributions on macOS use Apple

Building the HTML and Info versions of the R manuals now

the installation, removing any file which caused the failure.

Control of symbol visibility is now supported on macOS (the

previous check only worked on ELF platforms).

There is now support for installing the debug symbols for

distribution failed to try linking with the macOS Core Foundation

and installing packages use the C compiler

external libraries.  This makes it easier to test R and packages with

and possibly with sanitizers). It also allows more significant