This has always been a minor issue to me, but it would appear that the steam no hldsupdatetool.bin files are aware of $PATH - something which I use extensively in my system.
For example: left4dead@secure:~$ ls -la bin/steam -rwxr-xr-x 1 left4dead left4dead 7822833 2005-04-07 14:04 bin/steam left4dead@secure:~$ md5sum bin/steam f7d7f698084e9b6aab9ebd80ca904f62 bin/steam left4dead@secure:~$ steam Checking bootstrapper version ... Getting version 45 of Steam HLDS Update Tool Downloading. . . . . . . . . . . . Could not open file steam left4dead@secure:~$ ls -la bin/steam -rwxr-xr-x 1 left4dead left4dead 5265976 2011-07-11 14:54 bin/steam left4dead@secure:~$ md5sum bin/steam 009a9dbc253e348f16fc062f6316ac38 bin/steam Why would it say it cannot open the file when it clearly has updated it? I also noted that when I deleted the steam binary (the one that just got updated), and re-executed the hldsupdatetool.bin file, the steam binary didn't check to see it was updated (note the 'getting version 45 of... text). This was because I use a local path including $HOME/bin if it exists (a common Linux environment addon). I had to go into my ~/bin and remove the test binaries, to my ~/ and remove the .steam directory, then go back to ~/bin to re-run the hldsupdatetool.bin followed by a local run of the steam binary to get it to run normally. left4dead@secure:~/bin$ ./steam Checking bootstrapper version ... Getting version 45 of Steam HLDS Update Tool Downloading. . . . . . . . . . . . Steam Linux Client updated, please retry the command left4dead@secure:~/bin$ md5sum steam 009a9dbc253e348f16fc062f6316ac38 steam There needs to be some improved handling of knowing where the binary exists, and from what PWD it is executed from. If $PATH were imported along with $PWD and $HOME this could resolve these nuances. I don't know where that 'could not open' error comes from ultimately; but it is misrepresented. ~Brian _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
