"rubber duck the problem" ? That is a new one on me
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Eric G. Wolfe Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 3:12 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] [BUG] SteamCMD on Linux autoupdate blocker Yeah, I get that 'steam' is an old part of the HldsUpdateTool. I was trying to rubber duck the problem and point out this should probably call steamcmd.sh, instead of the legacy steam binary. Also, thanks Doctor for your awesome auto_steam_update plugin :) On 02/21/2013 05:29 PM, Doctor McKay wrote: > 'steam' is the name of the old HldsUpdateTool binary. I'm going to assume > that SteamCMD autoupdate functionality hasn't been implemented yet. > > > Doctor McKay > http://www.doctormckay.com > [email protected] > > > On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 5:11 PM, Eric G. Wolfe <[email protected]>wrote: > >> In trying out SteamCMD with the Team Fortress 2 Beta, a clean install >> seems to be missing something which would allow auto-update to function >> correctly. Perhaps I am missing something obvious, or doing something >> wrong. So I'll document my setup to reproduce. >> >> I restarted the TF2 Beta server after the update was shipped last night >> via `_restart` on the console. It shuts down the server, but just comes >> back up saying "Master Server Requesting Restart", and never actually >> updating the server. Isn't the dedicated server supposed to auto-update >> via steamcmd, or is auto-update not implemented? I blew away the whole >> install and re-installed from scratch to see if I could reproduce the >> problem. >> >> # adduser steamcmd >> $ su - steamcmd >> $ mkdir ~/bin >> $ wget >> http://media.steampowered.com/**client/steamcmd_linux.tar.gz<http://media.steampowered.com/client/steamcmd_linux.tar.gz> >> $ cd ~/bin && tar zxvf ../steamcmd_linux.tar.gz >> $ bash -l >> $ steamcmd.sh +login anonymous +app_update 229830 validate +quit >> $ $GAME_DIR/srcds_run -autoupdate ... >> >> So here might be relevant output from when the TF2 Beta server is started >> >> Auto detecting CPU >> Using default binary: ./srcds_linux >> Server will auto-restart if there is a crash. >> WARNING: Failed to locate steam binary. >> WARNING: Could not locate steam binary:, ignoring. >> >> Which is from Line #300 of srcds_run, and clearly shows `which steam`. >> Now, I don't know if this should be looking for `steamcmd.sh`, `steam.sh`, >> or the old `steam` binary which hldsupdatetool downloads. Running `find >> -type f -iname "steam"` returns nothing in this cleanly installed steamcmd >> managed home directory. >> >> If a `steam` binary is needed, which I expect provides auto-update >> functionality. Why hasn't steamcmd downloaded that `steam` binary and put >> it into this managed directory? If that is not the case, where did I go >> wrong? >> >> -- >> Eric G. Wolfe >> Senior Linux Administrator, >> IT Infrastructure Systems >> ------------------------------**-------- >> Marshall University Computing Services >> Drinko Library 428-K >> One John Marshall Dr. >> Huntington, WV 25755 >> Phone: 304.942.3970 >> Email: [email protected] >> >> You will be recognized and honored as a community leader. >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> https://list.valvesoftware.**com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/**hlds_linux<https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux> >> > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
