R knitr: is it possible to use cached results across different machines?

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I would like to run some code (with knitr) on a more powerful server and then maybe have the pos

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Update: the problem arose from different versions of knitr on different machines.

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In theory, yes -- if you do not change anything, the cache will be kept. In practice, you have to check carefully what the "small changes" are. The documentation page for cache has explained when the cache will be rebuilt, and you need to check if all three conditions are met.