[sldev] [VWR] Update channel (Re: VBO is broken)

[Rob Lanphier]

You should be able to create a separate update channel to get out of the
update, rather than faking version numbers.  If you aren't able to,
that's a bug.

Rob

On 10/4/07 10:23 AM, Callum Lerwick wrote:
> So, it seems I can't be a luddite and log in with 1.18.0.6 anymore.
> Unfortunately, I haven't had a chance to complete a differential profile
> between 1.18.0.6 and a current viewer to figure out what's going so
> horribly wrong. 1.18.3.5 is still unusable on x86_64.
>
> I am not crazy:
>
> http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-2303
> http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-2477
> http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-2518
> http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-2565
>
> It is now clear that VBO is where the rapid, unbounded memory leak on
> x86_64 lies. Turning off VBO makes it at least somewhat usable. I'm not
> sure why the memory leak doesn't seem to happen on i386. Its still much
> slower, and RAM usage is still much higher, than 1.18.0.6, and that
> seems to be true on i386 as well. And I don't think the lack of VBO
> entirely accounts for it. The VBO leak doesn't seem to be the only
> problem, which is why I'm hesitant to dupe all those bugs together.
>
> So much for message liberation. I asked previously about disabling the
> optional update check. It seems now I need to disable the required
> update as well:
>
> --- linden.orig/indra/newview/llstartup.cpp     2007-10-04 10:09:56.000000000 -0500
> +++ linden.patched/indra/newview/llstartup.cpp  2007-10-04 09:43:55.000000000 -0500
> @@ -201,7 +201,6 @@
>  LLPointer<LLImageGL> gStartImageGL;
>  
>  static LLHost gAgentSimHost;
> -static BOOL gSkipOptionalUpdate = FALSE;
>  
>  bool gUseQuickTime = true;
>  bool gQuickTimeInitialized = false;
> @@ -339,12 +338,7 @@
>         gViewerWindow->handlePerFrameHover();
>         LLMortician::updateClass();
>  
> -       if (gNoRender)
> -       {
> -               // HACK, skip optional updates if you're running drones
> -               gSkipOptionalUpdate = TRUE;
> -       }
> -       else
> +       if (!gNoRender)
>         {
>                 // Update images?
>                 gImageList.updateImages(0.01f);
> @@ -960,7 +954,7 @@
>                         lastname.c_str(),
>                         password.c_str(),
>                         start.str().c_str(),
> -                       gSkipOptionalUpdate,
> +                       TRUE,
>                         gAcceptTOS,
>                         gAcceptCriticalMessage,
>                         gViewerDigest,
> @@ -1122,7 +1116,7 @@
>                                         // Clear the password
>                                         password = "";
>                                 }
> -                               if(reason_response && (0 == strcmp(reason_response, "update")))
> +                               if(FALSE && reason_response && (0 == strcmp(reason_response, "update")))
>                                 {
>                                         auth_message = gUserAuthp->getResponse("message");
>                                         if (show_connect_box)
> @@ -1144,7 +1138,6 @@
>                                         {
>                                                 update_app(FALSE, auth_message);
>                                                 gStartupState = STATE_UPDATE_CHECK;
> -                                               gSkipOptionalUpdate = TRUE;
>                                                 return FALSE;
>                                         }
>                                 }
> diff -urN -x '*.orig' -x '*.rej' -x '*~' -x '.*' -x '*-linux-client-release' linden.orig/indra/newview/lluserauth.cpp linden.patched/indra/newview/lluserauth.cpp
> --- linden.orig/indra/newview/lluserauth.cpp    2007-07-11 17:17:02.000000000 -0500
> +++ linden.patched/indra/newview/lluserauth.cpp 2007-10-04 10:19:01.000000000 -0500
> @@ -121,9 +121,7 @@
>         XMLRPC_VectorAppendString(params, "start", start, 0);
>         char buffer[MAX_STRING];                /* Flawfinder: ignore */
>         // the version is treated as a single string
> -       snprintf(buffer, MAX_STRING, "%d.%d.%d.%d", 
> -               LL_VERSION_MAJOR, LL_VERSION_MINOR, LL_VERSION_PATCH, LL_VIEWER_BUILD); /* Flawfinder: ignore */
> -       XMLRPC_VectorAppendString(params, "version", buffer, 0);
> +       XMLRPC_VectorAppendString(params, "version", "1.18.99.99", 0);
>         XMLRPC_VectorAppendString(params, "channel", gChannelName.c_str(), 0);
>         XMLRPC_VectorAppendString(params, "platform", PLATFORM_STRING, 0);
>         XMLRPC_VectorAppendString(params, "mac", hashed_mac.c_str(), 0);
>
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