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Re: st: problem with latest update?
From
Alan Riley <[email protected]>
To
[email protected]
Subject
Re: st: problem with latest update?
Date
Wed, 6 Apr 2011 09:55:17 -0500
Dimitriy V. Masterov ([email protected]) asked why -update swap-
failed after he experienced the issue of a proxy server caching
an old version of the 'update' file for a Stata update:
> I am having the same caching problem as Paul. Unfortunately the last
> step of -update swap- suggested by Alan fails because the
> StataMP-64.bin was not found. Is this cause for concern? Stata did
> shut down and restart when I forced the update, and it looks like I
> have the most recent versions of the executable installed.
>
> Here's what I tried:
>
> update query
> (contacting http://www.stata.com)
>
> Stata executable
> folder: C:\Program Files (x86)\Stata11\
> name of file: StataMP-64.exe
> currently installed: 30 Mar 2011
> latest available: 04 Nov 2010
>
> Ado-file updates
> folder: C:\Program Files (x86)\Stata11\ado\updates\
> names of files: (various)
> currently installed: 30 Mar 2011
> latest available: 30 Mar 2011
>
> Utilities updates
> folder: C:\Program Files (x86)\Stata11\utilities
> names of files: (various)
> currently installed: 01 Sep 2010
> latest available: 01 Sep 2010
>
> Recommendation
> Do nothing; all files up to date.
>
> Click to edit automatic update checking preferences
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> . update swap
>
> 1. Removing older backups
>
> File C:\Program Files (x86)\Stata11\StataMP-64.bin was not found, aborting swap.
> r(601);
Everything is ok. Dimitry mentioned that Stata did shut down and
restart when he forced the update. This was Stata automatically
performing an -update swap-. Newer versions of Stata for Windows
do this automatically. So, by the time Dimitry tried to -update swap-
by hand, Stata had already updated itself and thus there was not a
new executable to swap into place.
--Alan
[email protected]
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