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.

                                            digital man

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