Gábor Csárdi

I am not sure, but I _think_ you are supposed to add a `Remotes` entry to the dependency's GH repo, and then R-universe will add that package as well to...

Passing the `...` twice is not great because `available.packages()` and `install.packages()` take different arguments. Instead top level functions could have an `available_packages_args` argument, which is a list of arguments that...

I think if we have an option, then we don't need to add new arguments. You'll need to work out what to do if the user already supplies the `headers`...

I will be happy to review a pull request.

No worries. Let me know if you have questions about the code in remotes.

Maybe there isn't a way? Right, @nbenn ?

@cderv seems like a bug, will fix asap.

Well, the current behavior is buggy, first of all, for the reason you said above. Second, yeah, it is safer to use internal tar, but it is so slooooow, and...

Honestly, the easiest would be to bundle a static tar binary.

@fairliereese have you tried the workarounds mentioned above?