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| From | Neil Shephard <nshephard@gmail.com> |
| To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
| Subject | Re: st: Problem with xi (Stata 11) |
| Date | Wed, 2 Jun 2010 16:10:40 +0000 |
On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 3:54 PM, Alan Riley <ariley@stata.com> wrote: > Neil Shephard (nshephard@gmail.com) asked about the forthcoming > fix to Stata 11 related to Ubuntu Linux 10.04: >> I realise that the answer is the Linux equivalent to "How long is a >> bit of string" given how many different distributions of Linux there >> are, so I won't ask what about other distributions. >> >> To phrase it differently what library is it that is affected and is it >> one that is specifically modified by Ubuntu developers, or is it >> further upstream by Debian developers (since Ubuntu is based on >> Debian) or even further upstream with the library writers themselves? >> >> I ask as I use a completely different flavour of Linux (Gentoo). >> >> Either way thanks for quickly addressing this. > > The change was in the C standard library. We are not aware of it > occurring in any other distributions or versions of Linux. So most likely the glibc-2.11.1 embedded package (detailed at http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/eglibc-source ). > However, the fix we put in place which will be in tomorrow's > update will prevent the problem from occurring even if other > Linux distributions, or indeed any other operating systems, make Ok, thats a great reassurance, (presumably the relevant library will be staticly linked as opposed to dynamically using the system lib). Thanks for the information, looking forward to updating tomorrow. Neil -- "... no scientific worker has a fixed level of significance at which from year to year, and in all circumstances, he rejects hypotheses; he rather gives his mind to each particular case in the light of his evidence and his ideas." - Sir Ronald A. Fisher (1956) Email - nshephard@gmail.com Website - http://slack.ser.man.ac.uk/ Photos - http://www.flickr.com/photos/slackline/ * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/