[ESS] ess stata won't start

[Rodney Sparapani]

XIANG AO wrote:

> 
> Hi Rodney,
> 
> I figured out why:  I installed stata under /usr/local/stata.  Then I
> generated a symlink pointing to it.  However, /usr/loca/stata is NOT listed
> as a path in .profile.  I modified it and it worked.  Seems like
> /usr/bin/env does not work with symlink...
> 
> Thank you for your replies.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Xiang
>

Hi Xiang:

That is definitely a bug in Ubuntu's /usr/bin/env  Here I use a link as 
well and /usr/bin/env finds stata just fine.  I'd file a report if I 
were you.  But, I'm biased and I don't use Linux, GNU/Linux or whatever 
they will call it.  Unix(tm):  accept no substitutes!

Rodney