Yeah, we use CentOS 6 and we haven't had any distro-specific issues in a very very long time.
Dr. McKay www.doctormckay.com On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 5:10 PM, Ross Bemrose <rbemr...@gmail.com> wrote: > A more important question would be... why are you still running CentOS 5? > CentOS 6 came out two years ago... and from what people have said on this > list, it sounds like CentOS 6 isn't affected by this issue. > > Now, having said that, CentOS and Debian both suffer from the same issue: > Both tend to use old libraries. Which means, when a new server program > comes out or an old one is upgraded, you're going to have issues. > > Even now, the newest Debian Stable (released in July) doesn't have a new > enough GLIBC to run any Source game clients. While that's only > tangentially related to the servers, it does show a problem with certain > distros when you can't rely on them having libraries released in the last > 1-3 years. CentOS, not have a major version in the past two years, is > presumably even farther behind than Debian. > > As much as I dislike what Ubuntu is doing on the desktop, I still use it > for my servers simply because I know I can at least somewhat rely on it > having new enough libraries to run the various software I need... and I'm > using the LTS version released a year and a half ago! > > ... I didn't realize we were this close to another Ubuntu LTS release > already. > > > On 8/28/2013 4:51 PM, Valentin G. wrote: > >> Even if it was not broken: Why CentOS? This is not a joke question btw, >> honestly curious. >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 10:20 PM, Eli Witt <eliw...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I'll just throw this out there in reference to the earlier spat about >>> wahh >>> mines not working yours is stop gloating - why do you continue to use >>> centos to host srcds instances after how many times it's been broken on >>> there? >>> >>> Literally every 3rd or 4th patch someone complains that srcds got broken >>> on >>> centos. Valve tests on and runs ubuntu and there's never been a single >>> problem for anyone who also runs ubuntu, why do you continue to willingly >>> run an OS that you know there will be problems with? >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 3:19 PM, Eric Smith <er...@valvesoftware.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Yes, we're working on that now. >>>> >>>> -Eric >>>> >>>> >>>> From: >>>> hlds-bounces@list.**valvesoftware.com<hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com>[mailto: >>>> hlds-bounces@list.**valvesoftware.com<hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com>] >>>> On Behalf Of Seyhan AKDENIZ >>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2013 7:36 PM >>>> To: h...@list.valvesoftware.com >>>> Cc: >>>> hlds_announce@list.**valvesoftware.com<hlds_annou...@list.valvesoftware.com> >>>> ; >>>> hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.**com <hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com> >>>> Subject: Re: [hlds] Mandatory TF2 update released >>>> >>>> Should we expect a hot fix for Linux startup fails. Eric? >>>> >>> > ______________________________**_________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.**com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/**hlds_linux<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
