If it's automated why do you care about the amount of output? Surely you aren't going to be looking at the output, and if you are, then something probably went wrong. In which case, the output is helpful.
I can see absolutely 0 advantages, and several disadvantages, to disabling verbose output. Kind regards, *Saul Rennison* On 13 April 2012 17:29, Dominik Friedrichs <[email protected]> wrote: > I dont suppose there is an option such as -nonverbose to prevent the huge > amount of diagnostic lines from being displayed, for example for automated > applications? > > > On 2012/04/12 23:43, Fletcher Dunn wrote: > >> A new version of the HLDS Update Tool has been released. The tool should >> automatically self-update the next time you run it. (Linux users may need >> to re-run the tool after it self-updates to complete the installation >> operation that was intended when launching the tool.) >> >> Changes: >> * Added significant diagnostic output >> * Fix bug causing the tool to restart the update process all over from >> the beginning if there was an error with a single depot. >> * Fix spurious "connection reset by peer" error when closing connection >> to content server, which could cause the update to restart from the >> beginning. >> * Tool will now reuse a connection to a depot, rather than disconnecting >> and reconnecting >> * If the determines in the first pass that no files would actually be >> updated from a particular depot, it will no longer needlessly connect to >> that depot in the second pass >> * Added -nobootstrapupdate option >> >> Basically, we fixed a few of the most egregious things the tool was doing >> that make a slow update much slower. Queuing to connect to a content >> server still takes up the bulk of the update time during peak times after a >> major update is released; so don't expect miracles. However, we are >> hopeful that most users will see modest speedup. >> >> We also added quite verbose diagnostic output, so at least you can tell >> what the tool is doing. Be aware that this output may contain what appear >> to be "errors," especially when the tool is trying to connect to a content >> server. Failures to connect are normal and the tool has always experienced >> them and automatically retried. The only thing new is that it is telling >> you what it is doing. >> >> Linux users: If you get the error message "Bad uSizeOfSignature", then >> you probably have a bad version of the tool, which was posted mistakenly >> for a few hours yesterday. To get unstuck, replace the executable named >> "steam" with this one: >> http://media.steampowered.com/**apps/440/linuxhldsupdatetool_**48/steam<http://media.steampowered.com/apps/440/linuxhldsupdatetool_48/steam> >> >> Thanks to those of you who helped beta test this tool. >> >> Thanks, >> Fletcher >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> https://list.valvesoftware.**com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/**hlds<https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds> >> >> >> > > ______________________________**_________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.**com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/**hlds<https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds> >
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