[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Idea: server autoread config files

[Reinier Post <rp@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> > Unix apps suffer greatly from the 'where the hell did it get
> > *that* config again' problem and one way to solve it in this case is
> > not to read a config file by default at all.  civserver has problems
> > with locating its the rulesets already.
> 
> A simple solution: implement a --print-paths command line option in
> civserver.

Good idea.
 
> What problems does civserver have with locating rulesets? Could you
> explain?

Problem one: if you have multiple installations, it's easy to invoke
the civserver executable with incompatible rulesets by mistake.
Problem two: the existence of specified rulesets isn't checked
at the time they are specified, it's only started at game startup.

Once I witnessed the following on civserver.freeciv.org:

  /set techs 0
  [the user /sets a few more options]
  /start
  [civserver crashes, leaving everybody puzzled as to the cause]
  [one by one, players reconnect]
  [repeat several times]

-- 
Reinier