Error message when trying to update user-written programs from SSC with adoupdate

[Sebastian Kripfganz]

I was trying to check for updates of user-written programs on two laptops with the adoupdate command and got the following error message:

. adoupdate
(note: adoupdate updates user-written files; type -update- to check for updates to official Stata)

Checking status of installed packages...

    [1] st0030_3 at http://www.stata-journal.com/software/sj7-4:
        installed package is up to date

    [2] sg162 at http://www.stata.com/stb/stb60:
        installed package is up to date

    [3] st0125 at http://www.stata-journal.com/software/sj7-2:
        installed package is up to date

    [4] xtlsdvc at http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/x:

connection timed out -- see help r(2) for troubleshooting
                 fopen():   603  file could not be opened
         loadsscupfile():     -  function returned error
 pkg_update_status_ssc():     -  function returned error
     pkg_update_status():     -  function returned error
pkg_update_status_noisily():     -  function returned error
 extract_update_exists():     -  function returned error
    pkg_chk_and_update():     -  function returned error
                 <istmt>:     -  function returned error
r(603);

I got this error message on both laptops. adoupdate runs smoothly as long as the user-written program was originally installed from a source different from SSC. It breaks when it tries to look up the first program installed from SSC (http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/x). On my other laptop, the first SSC program is a different one. Thus, the problem is not related to the specific program above.

Does anyone else experience similar problems?

[Bruce Weaver]

Hi Sebastian. Yes, I saw the same thing this morning.

. adoupdate
(note: adoupdate updates user-written files; type -update- to check for updates to official
       Stata)

Checking status of installed packages...

    [1] st0076 at http://www.stata-journal.com/software/sj4-4:
        installed package is up to date

    [2] dm91 at http://www.stata.com/stb/stb61:
        installed package is up to date

    [3] polychoric at http://web.missouri.edu/~kolenikovs/stata:
        package no longer available

    [4] fapara at http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ado/analysis:
        package no longer available

    [5] st0169 at http://www.stata-journal.com/software/sj9-3:
        installed package is up to date

    [6] tab3way at http://fmwww.bc.edu/RePEc/bocode/t:

connection timed out -- see help r(2) for troubleshooting
                 fopen():   603  file could not be opened
         loadsscupfile():     -  function returned error
 pkg_update_status_ssc():     -  function returned error
     pkg_update_status():     -  function returned error
pkg_update_status_noisily():     -  function returned error
 extract_update_exists():     -  function returned error
    pkg_chk_and_update():     -  function returned error
                 <istmt>:     -  function returned error
r(603);

I assume it is a problem with the bc.edu website that will be fixed eventually.

[Clyde Schechter]

It appears to have been fixed already. I just ran -adoupdate- myself (before reading this post) and encountered no problem.

[Bruce Weaver]

Confirmed! It worked for me just now too.

[Sebastian Kripfganz]

Confirmed, too.