Sebastian F. B�chte ([email protected]) asks about the recommendation
after -update query-:
> today (Sept 26, 2007) I issued an -update query- from within my Stata
> 10/MP command windw. The results were the following:
>
> . update query
> (contacting http://www.stata.com)
>
> Stata executable
> folder: C:\Programme\Stata10\
> name of file: wmpstata.exe
> currently installed: 25 Jul 2007
> latest available: 25 Jul 2007
>
> Ado-file updates
> folder: C:\Programme\Stata10\ado\updates\
> names of files: (various)
> currently installed: 30 Aug 2007
> latest available: 19 Sep 2007
>
> Recommendation
> Type -update all-
>
>
> ---
> I now wonder why Stata recommends to "update all". Should not -update
> ado- be enough to get my Stata up-to-date? Am I missing something
> here?
This is intentional and is new behavior introduced with Stata 10.
-update all- is 'smart', and will only update the portion of Stata
that needs to be updated.
Details:
We found that in Stata 9 and earlier, some people would get in the
habit of only updating their ado-files. Often, a change in an
ado-file relies on a corresponding change in the executable, and
if only one or the other is updated, a user may receive unexpected
errors.
-update all- has always been 'smart' enough to update only
what needs updating. We decided merely to change the recommendation
presented when an update is necessary to always say -update all-
to make sure that users are in the habit of updating everything
which may need updating.
--Alan
([email protected])
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