Re: general -adoupdate- issue [was: st: xtabond2 update issue]

["Martin Weiss" <martin.weiss1@gmx.de>]

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"now would probably be a good time to mention how much we all appreciate his 
efforts."

I agree wholeheartedly. I certainly did not submit this "bug" report to 
assign blame to anyone, just to make sure that this problem does not 
proliferate as I did remember it had happened to me a couple of months ago 
already. The response shows that it is indeed a problem for some users, 
regardless of platform used.
My suspicion is that most (80%) ados make their way onto users'  ado-paths 
"on foot", i.e. by downloading and manually putting them there, which goes 
some way to explain why this bug report does not come up more frequently: 
Many users simply do not avail themselves of the -adoupdate- convenience...


HTH
Martin
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William Gould, StataCorp LP" <wgould@stata.com>
To: <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 10:24 PM
Subject: Re: general -adoupdate- issue [was: st: xtabond2 update issue]


> Michael Hanson <mshanson@mac.com> reports,
>
> > I am seeing this issue today with -adoupdate-, as both -xtabond2- and
> > -texdoc- are perpetually listed as needing updates on my computer.
> > [...]
>
> I have just duplicated the problem with xtabond2 and tracked down the
> source.
>
> There is a slight inconsistency between two files at SSC.
>
> The xtabond2 package the server delivers contains a distribution date of
> 20090331 while the server thinks the distribution date is 20090408.
> Thus, -adoupdate- thinks there's a more recent version of -xtabond2-.
> -adoupdate- downloads this more recent version, that file has a 
> distribution
> date of 20090331, -adoupdate- does not notice the inconsistency, and then 
> the
> next time -adoupdate- runs, -adoupdate- once again thinks it sees a more
> recent version of the file because the server says, I've got one from
> 20090408 but delivers on dated 20090331.
>
> I assume the same problem is occurring with texdoc, but I did not trace
> it down.
>
> I've written to Kit Baum about the problem.
>
> As Kit is about to have to spend time tracking down the problem on his 
> end,
> now would probably be a good time to mention how much we all appreciate 
> his
> efforts.  By the way, Kit, should you decide this is my problem and
> not yours, write to me privately.  No reason to air problems in public,
> right?
>
>
> -- Bill
> wgould@stata.com
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