[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#12335) client doesn't take care of the --program-prefix/--program-suffix option

["Jason Short" <jdorje@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=12335 >

Joerg Reckers wrote:
> <URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=12335 >
> 
> freeciv
> version: 2.0.0-beta8
> 
> When i configure the client and server with the same --program-suffix(prefix) 
> the client wont find the server-binary. so i can't start a local game from 
> the server.
> 
> thats because of
> 
>   my_snprintf(cmdline3, sizeof(cmdline3), "civserver %s", options);
> 
> in  client/connectdlg_common.c line 301
> 
> shouldn't it take care of the  --program-suffix(prefix) option?

This is a problem, yes.  If the server is not in your path it will often 
not be found.  However nobody's fixed this to work with both the 
installed civserver or the uninstalled "./server/civserver" program.

Patch wanted.

-jason