Bug 132795 – games-fps/enemy-territory upgrade will wipe out /opt/enemy-territory/etmain/server.cfg

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[Description CJ Kucera 2006-05-09 08:37:19 UTC]

The server.cfg in /opt/enemy-territory/etmain is, as far as I know, the usual place to put things like rcon passwords, and configuration of the various parameters you want on your server.

During the recent upgrade to 2.60b, we discovered that server.cfg (and the other .cfg files in there) aren't under CONFIG_PROTECT, so the upgrade wiped out a bunch of stuff which we had to recreate from an older backup.  I know that you can specify commandline options in /etc/conf.d/et-ded, but that's very cumbersome if you're changing more than a few vars.

Anyway, IMO, server.cfg at least should be under CONFIG_PROTECT, and it would make sense to just do it to *.cfg in that dir.

[Comment 1 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) 2006-05-09 12:06:09 UTC]

Honestly, this is *exactly* why there is the "${dir}/etwolf-homedir" creation during the ebuild phase.  You're supposed to put your server configs there, where they won't be written over.

That being said, you're the second person I've heard this from today, so I'm going to add the standard directories to CONFIG_PROTECT, even though it really is the administrator's job to extend CONFIG_PROTECT to match their installation.  This is  FIXED in CVS with no revision bump.  Enjoy!

[Comment 2 CJ Kucera 2006-05-09 12:12:01 UTC]

Ah, I had thought that the et-homedir stuff was just so that the server has somewhere to write temporary files and logs, etc.  Maybe it'd be worth it to have some einfo lines in the postinstall to encourage users to put their stuff there?  I suppose it's a moot point since you've already added the CONFIG_PROTECT stuff anyway.

Regardless, thanks!

-CJ

[Comment 3 SpanKY 2006-05-09 17:18:27 UTC]

huh ?  what directories are you going to add to CONFIG_PROTECT ?

[Comment 4 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) 2006-05-10 07:54:51 UTC]

None.  I added /opt/enemy-territory/etmain/*.cfg to CONFIG_PROTECT if USE=dedicated, not any directories.

[Comment 5 SpanKY 2006-05-10 20:07:25 UTC]

yeah, except that doesnt work ...

[Comment 6 CJ Kucera 2006-05-10 22:46:53 UTC]

If CONFIG_PROTECT doesn't work out, I'd think it'd just be enough to mention where to put server files in the postinstall.  I'd have had my stuff in the et-homedir if I had known that's where it should have gone in the first place.

[Comment 7 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) 2006-05-11 04:41:06 UTC]

Bleh... so it doesn't do just files?  I guess I'll have to look into what webapp-config does, then, since I could have sworn it can protect single files.

[Comment 8 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) 2006-05-12 11:02:21 UTC]

Note added... I guess that makes this "fixed" as best as we can, then.