Zelig fails with 'no slot "call" in the result'

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Binary package hint: r-cran-zelig

I installed packages r-recommended and r-cran-zelig along with dependencies. Any attempt to use zelig fails with this error message:

  no slot "call" in the result

Release is 9.04. r-base is version 2.8.1-1, r-cran-zelig is 3.3-1-1

Judging from bug reports regarding other distributions, zelig will need version 2.9 of R.

This is a full session protocol:

user@machine:~$ R

R version 2.8.1 (2008-12-22)
Copyright (C) 2008 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
ISBN 3-900051-07-0

R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details.

  Natural language support but running in an English locale

R is a collaborative project with many contributors.
Type 'contributors()' for more information and
'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in publications.

Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or
'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface to help.
Type 'q()' to quit R.

> library(Zelig)
Loading required package: MASS
Loading required package: boot
##
## Zelig (Version 3.3-1, built: 2008-06-13)
## Please refer to http://gking.harvard.edu/zelig for full documentation
## or help.zelig() for help with commands and models supported by Zelig.
##
> demo(ls)

 demo(ls)
 ---- ~~

Type <Return> to start :

> ##### Example 1: Basic Example with First Differences #####
>
> # Attach sample data and variable names:
> data(macro)

> # Estimate model and present a summary:
> user.prompt()

Press <return> to continue:

> z.out1 <- zelig(unem ~ gdp + capmob + trade, model = "ls", data = macro)
Error in zelig.default(unem ~ gdp + capmob + trade, model = "ls", data = macro) :
  no slot "call" in the result
>