Steam doesn't give a shit about what is classified as "server" and what as "client".
You have a game and this game depends on one or more depots, which have given IDs. These depots materialize as GCFs on the client and as normal directory/file structures on the server. Now, let's say the game "Team Fortress 2" depends on the following depots: Source Base Models, Source Base Materials, Source Base Sounds, Source 2007 Binaries, TF2 Content, TF2 Client Content and TF2 Materials. (This is all hypothetical; IRL, it will probably depend on a few more packages.) Then we have the "Team Fortress 2 Linux Dedicated Server", which depends on: Source Base Models, Source Base Materials, Source Base Sounds, TF2 Content, TF2 Materials and the Orange Box Linux Dedicated Server. When one of these depots changes (the version number is bumped up), an update is triggered. If a depot that more games depend on is to be updated, then all games using this depot will be marked as "needing an update" -- if, for example, Valve gives us a new engine revision, they update Source 2007 Binaries and HL2E2, Portal, TF2, Garry's Mod and the DoDS Beta will be marked as needing an update. (They will probably simultaneously update the OB Linux Dedicated Server, so the TF2 Linux DS and the DoDS Beta Linux DS will also need an update.) This is also why, in some cases, you see more than one game marked as "updating" in the Steam client, and even if you pause the download of the other games, when that game is updated, all of them are marked as 100% Ready. In this case -- TF2 Content has been updated -- all three games/apps get an update: Team Fortress 2, the TF2 Windows Dedicated Server package and the TF2 Linux Dedicated Server package. If it's just a font file, you probably don't need to update straight away anyway. I really doubt the font file will make the clients scream about compatibility issues. (TrueType Server Protocol Version Mismatch! AAAAARGH!!!) ~~ Ondra On 27.06.08 12:44 Uhr, Saint K. wrote: > I should read better when I wake up.. > > A (server)update for a font?! > > Saint K. > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
