[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Incompatible

[Christian Knoke <chrisk@xxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Oct 13, 2002 at 07:51:55PM +0000, Per I. Mathisen wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Oct 2002, Christian Knoke wrote:
> > I cannot log into any server on metaserver with yesterdays CVS client.
> > It complains about the client version 14.1
> 
> You mean it complains about capability +1.14?

CVS UNSTABLE (compiled Sun Oct 6 08:18:28)
 
Verbindungsaufbau abgelehnt: The client is missing a capability that this
server needs.
Server version: 1.13.1-devel Client version: 1.14.1-devel.  Upgrading may
help!
Client capability string: +1.14.0 conn_info
Server capability string: +1.13.0 conn_info turn_founded unitbv +freeze_thaw
+civ2happy +long_bitstrings
Verbindung zum Server verloren!

> > Do I have to use
> >
> > cvs -z3 up -r S1_14 -d
> >
> > to make it work?
> 
> That will also not work. You will have to wait until civserver devel
> servers are updated or use a stable client (or start a server of your
> own).
> 
> Soon there will be beta servers as well.

I don't really understand the cvs change. So I may ask:

The incompatability is just because the version change? We should
clearly state in the FAQ that client and server versions need to be
equal then (since 1.11 I think).

Can I retrieve 1.13.1 and 1.14.1 independently from CVS?

Christian

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