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
>>
>>
>>
>>
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