I found creating the install directory first fixed the loop.
On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 11:44 AM, Fletcher Dunn <fletch...@valvesoftware.com>wrote: > Is everybody who is experiencing the problem running Linux? Any Windows > users experiencing steamcmd updating itself repeatedly? > > We know that it can happen immediately after an update, if you are talking > to different web hosts that are hosting the manifests and content, the > different web hosts can be temporarily out of sync while the update > propagates. But it should not persist this long after an update has been > released. > > Those of you having the problem, do you have anything custom in your > config that might be exposing the bug? (using http proxy, forcing Steam to > talk to particular servers, etc) > > -----Original Message----- > From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto: > hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Doctor McKay > Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2013 6:35 AM > To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] steamcmd loop > > Same thing happened to me. CentOS 32-bit. > > Dr. McKay > > On Wednesday, May 1, 2013, Erik-jan Riemers wrote: > > > I've seen some other people mentioning it, but now it is just getting > > silly. > > Sometimes it downloads steamcmd for more than 5 times, if not more > > before it finally starts the server. > > > > This is on a tf server, standard options with auto update. As far as I > > can tell, its downloading the client each time over and over.. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > > > -- > > > Doctor McKay > http://www.doctormckay.com > mc...@doctormckay.com > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux