[crossfire] Changing maps from under a running server

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Kari Pahula a écrit :

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> The debian-mentors mailing list was the first place I asked about
> how to handle map installs[1]. They thought that upgrading maps
> should be doable while the server was running. They went as far as
> to suggest to make upgrading the server possible without
> disconnecting players. Not a patch that I'd like to try to make.

As they say it's a cool, security design issue feature. No way we
implement something like that :)

>
> But I would be content to just put a large warning on the map
> packages in Debian that installing them will trigger a server
> restart. The current way of silently copying over the old maps
> with the new ones just seems too hazardous to me. Players may end
> up stranded who knows where with maps' pathnames changing and
> whatelse.
>
> [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2006/03/msg00319.html
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