As I have not updated this yet, I don't know. But, is this going to affect people that use shared installs with sym linked user directories?
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alfred Reynolds Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 12:31 AM To: hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com Subject: RE: [hlds_linux] Half-Life 1 Engine update Enforcing you run it from the installation directory solves updating problems with people running old versions without knowing. In general you should run steam from your main hlds directory. - Alfred Joachim Sehlstedt wrote: > Why did valve remove the support for running the steambinary out of it > installation folder? > > open("./test1.so", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or > directory) > write(1, "Unable to load test module \"test"..., 38Unable to load test > module "test1.so" > > ./steam -command update -game cstrike -dir . -verify_all > Checking bootstrapper version ... > Updating Installation > Unable to load test module "test1.so" > "steam" must be run from the directory it is installed in. > You can ensure this by running: "./steam" from its installation > directory. > > I actually have to run it as ./steam in /usr/sbin now where it's > installed. This breaks the automatic update feature when a server is > restarted. > > greetings > Joachim Sehlstedt > > Alfred Reynolds wrote: > >> We have released an update to the Half-Life 1 Engine. If you run any >> mod >> that uses the Half-Life 1 Engine you should get this update. To get >> the >> update run the hldsupdatetool. >> >> This update fixes the "-sport" parameter and makes Steam use the >> same IP >> as your server (for multi-homed machines). >> >> This update also increases the minimum OS requirements for Linux >> users >> to GLIBC 2.3.2 (to match the current requirement for the Source >> Engine). >> The hldsupdatetool will verify your OS version and tell you if there >> is >> a problem. >> >> For more details on the release go here: >> http://steampowered.com/index.php?area=news&id=481 >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >> archives, please visit: >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
