\HeaderA{utils-deprecated}{Deprecated Functions in Package utils}{utils.Rdash.deprecated}
\aliasA{CRAN.packages}{utils-deprecated}{CRAN.packages}
\keyword{misc}{utils-deprecated}
\begin{Description}\relax
These functions are provided for compatibility with older versions of
\R{} only, and may be defunct as soon as of the next release.
\end{Description}
\begin{Usage}
\begin{verbatim}
CRAN.packages(CRAN = getOption("repos"), method,
              contriburl = contrib.url(CRAN))

\end{verbatim}
\end{Usage}
\begin{Arguments}
\begin{ldescription}
\item[\code{CRAN}] character, an earlier way to specify a repository.
\item[\code{method}] Download method, see \code{\LinkA{download.file}{download.file}}.
\item[\code{contriburl}] URL(s) of the contrib section of the
repositories. Use this argument only if your CRAN mirror is
incomplete, e.g., because you burned only the \file{contrib} section on a
CD.  Overrides argument \code{repos}.

\end{ldescription}
\end{Arguments}
\begin{SeeAlso}\relax
\code{\LinkA{Deprecated}{Deprecated}}, \code{\LinkA{Defunct}{Defunct}}
\end{SeeAlso}