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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