Mike Lacy <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm getting the "new update available" every time I start up Stata
> (v. 9). When I -update all- Stata reports that both the executable
> and the ado file are up to date. This behavior has occurred
> subsequent to an occasion on which the internet connection failed in
> the middle of an update. Meanwhile, Stata seems to function
> correctly, except for this bogus update report. Any suggestions on
> how to get the update flag to behave properly?
We're investigating this issue and will have a solution that will prevent the
update flag from getting out of sync with Stata's true update status from
happening in the future. For now, you can do an -update executable, force-
(and possibly -update ado, force-) to force the flag to be reset.
This issue doesn't affect Stata's functionality other than to be a possible
annoyance to the user. It is not necessary to reinstall Stata. As a matter
of fact, it won't help at all because the update flag is stored in your
preferences which is independent of Stata's installation directory.
-Chinh Nguyen
[email protected]
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