That should work fine. - Alfred
doomed999 wrote: > As I have not updated this yet, I don't know. But, is this going to > affect > people that use shared installs with sym linked user directories? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alfred > Reynolds > Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 12:31 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [hlds_linux] Half-Life 1 Engine update > > 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >>> archives, please visit: >>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >> archives, please visit: >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
