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

[Callum Lerwick]

On Thu, 2007-10-04 at 14:22 -0500, Callum Lerwick wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-10-04 at 11:51 -0700, Rob Lanphier wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> Which is apparently documented here:
> 
> http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Channel_and_Version_Requirements

llversionviewer.h does not exist in 1.18.0.6 and there's no LL_CHANNEL
anywhere in the source. This seems to do it though:

--- linden.orig/indra/newview/viewer.cpp        2007-10-04 10:09:56.000000000 -0500
+++ linden.patched/indra/newview/viewer.cpp     2007-10-04 14:18:05.000000000 -0500
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@
 BOOL gAcceptTOS = FALSE;
 BOOL gAcceptCriticalMessage = FALSE;
 // this is the channel the viewer uses to check for updates/login
-std::string gChannelName = "Second Life Release";
+std::string gChannelName = "Second Life Open Source [Fedora]";
 
 LLUUID gInventoryLibraryOwner;
 LLUUID gInventoryLibraryRoot;


Huzzah!

Is there any security holes in 1.18.0.6 I should know about? AFAIK Linux
is safe from the recently discovered issue.
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