[bf1942] Linux server status report: 2003-03-25

[Scratch Monkey]

--On Tuesday, March 25, 2003 8:43 AM -0800 Andrew Chen
<achen-bf1942 at divo.net> wrote:

> At 02:26 AM 3/25/2003, you wrote:
>> - Move to the gcc-3.x compiler
> 
> Good Morning.
> Just curious -- is this wise?  The existing server has been bit by
> several optimization bugs.  Wouldn't moving it to 3.x be simply asking
> for more issues?

Could that be because the gcc crew tend to put more effort into the 3.x
code line, so getting optimizer bugs fixed is more likely there?

>> - Internal code restructuring
> 
> Does this include making the server NOT execpv() itself on mapchange? :|

Was this a hack to deal with memory leaks?

Along the same lines, please document what's going on with the server
settings files. When are they written to disk, and why are their
permissions getting changed? This makes it difficult to manage those files
remotely while the server is running.