Bug#419542: [Pkg-freeciv-devel] Bug#419542: freeciv-server: does not recognise the options -a -N any more, were they removed?

[Jason Short]

josai wrote:
> Package: freeciv-server
> Version: 2.0.8-3
> Severity: important
> 
> 
> After the upgrade from sarge to newly stable etch I became aware if this:
> 
> The civserver does not recognise the option -a (--auth) and thus the option -N (--Newusers)
> any more. It prints an error message and a list of options where indeed the -a and -N option
> are not listed any more and then exits. I found no hint whether they were removed deliberately
> or replaced by new means of authorization for players.

You have to compile with the --enable-auth parameter specified at
configure time.  I'm not sure why debian's binaries don't include this
(in fact, I'm not sure why auth isn't compiled in by default).

-jason