There will be no more updates of
Stata 8, as it is now part of history. 
The only possibility for going further
is obtain Stata 9. 
Nick 
[email protected] 
Richard Williams
 
> A common problem due to a bug in the initial release.  Your 
> order is wrong. Try
> 
> update executable
> update all
> 
> You should be ok for future updates.  (Well actually, there 
> probably won't 
> be any more updates, so you should be ok, period.)
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