Actually I have more than 4 per also, but the binary is small enough to transfer fast so it was never sym link'd...
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joachim Sehlstedt Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 12:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Half-Life 1 Engine update I do that, but when you have 4+ servers on a box it was more easy just to symlink the binary in to the directory. Guess I have to change this for all our installations now. greetings Joachim Sehlstedt Alfred Reynolds wrote: >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
