How does everyone upgrade thier Synchronet BBS on Unix?

Updating the sources and then re-compiling following instructions at http://wiki.synchro.net/install:nix Or do you do a clean install and copy data files over?

I've updated the source and compiled on occasion, but notice new strings in text.dat or files for new features (eg: Avatars) are missing.

I've also did a clean install and copied data files over and testing EVERYTHING afterwards just to make sure I didn't miss anything.

Is there something I am missing to make upgrading easier?

Thanks.

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Re: How do you upgrade your Synchronet BBS?
By: High Spirit to All on Thu Aug 01 2019 01:27 pm

How does everyone upgrade thier Synchronet BBS on Unix?

Updating the sources and then re-compiling following instructions at http://wiki.synchro.net/install:nix Or do you do a clean install and copy data files over?

I've updated the source and compiled on occasion, but notice new strings in text.dat or files for new features (eg: Avatars) are missing.

Files for new features (e.g. Avatars) shouldn't be missing if you're updating your exec/* tree along with your source updates/rebuilds. A "text/avatars/*" should be there as well if you're pefroming a "cvs update -d" or getting the files from sbbs_run.*

Now, you may not have all the Avatars modules/events installed into your configuration files, but you can do that just with a "jsexec avatars install" (one time).

If you don't modify your text.dat file directly, then you can just replace it with the current version from CVS (which matches your source/rebuild) or even just replace it with a 0-byte file and the hard-coded defaults will automatically be used (which match the corresponding ctrl/text.dat file). You technically *need* a text.dat file, it's just a convenient reference for those who want to change the strings.

I've also did a clean install and copied data files over and testing EVERYTHING afterwards just to make sure I didn't miss anything.

Is there something I am missing to make upgrading easier?

Maybe just a short script. The contents will likely be different for different sysops since not everyone customizes/mods the same files.

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Re: How do you upgrade your Synchronet BBS?
By: High Spirit to All on Thu Aug 01 2019 13:27:54

How does everyone upgrade thier Synchronet BBS on Unix?

I install from CVS and update via CVS.

http://wiki.synchro.net/install:nix http://wiki.synchro.net/install:nix#updating http://wiki.synchro.net/install:dev#run-time_files

That last one is important, because just updating your build isn't always enough to bring in new
features.

I've updated the source and compiled on occasion, but notice new strings in text.dat or files for new features (eg: Avatars) are missing.

I generally don't update text.dat. Defaults are applied for any new records not found there. I'll add a
record to that file if I see something new that I want to customize.

I rarely ever update anything in my text/ directory.

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El 1/8/19 a las 14:27, High Spirit escribió:

How does everyone upgrade thier Synchronet BBS on Unix?

Updating the sources and then re-compiling following instructions at http://wiki.synchro.net/install:nix Or do you do a clean install and copy data files over?

I've updated the source and compiled on occasion, but notice new strings in text.dat or files for new features (eg: Avatars) are missing.

I've also did a clean install and copied data files over and testing EVERYTHING afterwards just to make sure I didn't miss anything.

Is there something I am missing to make upgrading easier?

Thanks.

High Spirit Digital Realms Main - connect.digitalrealms.net 23

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i do a cvs update on src directory

do make on src/sbbs3 to build

copy the binaries from gcc.linux.x64.exe.debug/* and
gcc.linux.x64.lib/debug/* to exec dir

i have ctrl.cvs dir from cvs checkout, outside from the /sbbs (main
server path) to permit update it, then if text.dat o another config file
(ini files) was update, i do a manual update one to one and on /sbbs/ctrl

i use this workflow from many years ago

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Re: Re: How do you upgrade your Synchronet BBS?
By: Ragnarok to High Spirit on Thu Aug 01 2019 19:52:52

cd /sbbs
backup_bbs
export CVSROOT=:pserver:anonymous@cvs.synchro.net:/cvsroot/sbbs
cvs update -d src 3rdp
cd /sbbs/src/sbbs3; make RELEASE=1 USE_DOSEMU=1 install
cd /sbbs/src/sbbs3/scfg; make RELEASE=1 USE_DOSEMU=1 install
cd /sbbs/exec
cvs update -d
jsexec update

Those are the exact steps I use...

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Re: How do you upgrade your Synchronet BBS?
By: Digital Man to High Spirit on Thu Aug 01 2019 02:19 pm

Files for new features (e.g. Avatars) shouldn't be missing if you're updating your exec/* tree along with your source updates/rebuilds. A "text/avatars/*" should be there as well if you're pefroming a "cvs update -d" or getting the files from sbbs_run.*

Now, you may not have all the Avatars modules/events installed into your configuration files, but you can do that just with a "jsexec avatars install" (one time).

I will check my update script I made and make sure it is correct...

If you don't modify your text.dat file directly, then you can just replace it with the current version from CVS (which matches your source/rebuild) or even just replace it with a 0-byte file and the hard-coded defaults will automatically be used (which match the corresponding ctrl/text.dat file). You technically *need* a text.dat file, it's just a convenient reference for those who want to change the strings.

I did modify the text.dat file when I started the BBS a few years ago, but once I saw there was a bbs.replace_text javascript command, I restored the text.dat and have a javascript file that applies the changes when a user logs on. Just add new entries to the javascript file as time goes on. :)

Thanks. :)

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El 1/8/19 a las 14:04, Marisag escribió:

Re: Re: How do you upgrade your Synchronet BBS?
By: Ragnarok to High Spirit on Thu Aug 01 2019 19:52:52

cd /sbbs
backup_bbs
export CVSROOT=:pserver:anonymous@cvs.synchro.net:/cvsroot/sbbs
cvs update -d src 3rdp
cd /sbbs/src/sbbs3; make RELEASE=1 USE_DOSEMU=1 install
cd /sbbs/src/sbbs3/scfg; make RELEASE=1 USE_DOSEMU=1 install
cd /sbbs/exec
cvs update -d
jsexec update

you can omit the make for scfg step, its builded when call make under src

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Here is what I do

#!/bin/bash

service sbbs stop
export SBBSCTRL=/sbbs/ctrl
export CVSROOT=:pserver:anonymous@cvs.synchro.net:/cvsroot/sbbs
cd /sbbs;cvs update -d src 3rdp

cd /sbbs/src/sbbs3; make RELEASE=1 symlinks
cd /sbbs/src/sbbs3/scfg; make RELEASE=1 symlinks

cd /sbbs/exec; cvs update -d
cd /sbbs/exec;/sbbs/exec/jsexec update.js

#if you use echicken bbs front end
cd /sbbs/mods; ../exec/jsexec webv4-installer.js

#cd /sbbs/webv4/pages/.examples/More;cp * /sbbs/webv4/pages/More

service sbbs start


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