Greetings All!

So I have tried VM, Docker and my cloud hosted (working) install of 3.18 and I get mostly the same issue, basically doesnt work.

My working copy is not SYMLINK and I realized I was copying data into fresh install of 3.20 so wasnt sure if that could harm it or keep it from upgrading properly. All builds of 3.20 with 3.18 copied in complained of main.ini issues and wiped out nodes, messages, etc.

This morning I installed my working copy of 3.18 here on bare metal, did the git pull all of that went fine ( well no errors) and then I did the update and I think it broke sooner I did not see anything about main.ini just msgs.ini.

Starting to think I may just to rebuild the BBS on 3.20, a pain but I do not seem to be getting anywhere with the upgrade, which I know could be me. Is it possible I have bad data?

JSexec v3.20a-Linux master/ae44ab153 - Execute Synchronet JavaScript Module Compiled Feb 12 2023 06:16:40 with GCC 11.3.0

Loading configuration files from /sbbs/ctrl
!ERROR loading configuration files: 2 (No such file or directory) opening /sbbs/ctrl/msgs.ini
JavaScript-C 1.8.5 2011-03-31
JavaScript: Creating runtime: 8388608 bytes

Reading script from /sbbs/exec/update.js
/sbbs/exec/update.js compiled in 0.00 seconds
Synchronet update.js revision 1
Updating exec directory: Success
Updating ip_address field: 0 records updated
Installing Avatars feature
!FAILED: No avatars collections (.bin files) found in avatars/
Updating [General] Text File Section indexes
0 indexes updated.
Updating (compiling) Baja modules
Building ../exec/DDFLIST.bin

BAJA v2.34-Linux (rev 1.52) - Synchronet Shell/Module Compiler

Compiling ../exec/DDFLIST.src...
error 2 opening ../exec/SBBSDEFS.INC for read
/sbbs/exec/update.js executed in 0.04 seconds

JavaScript: Destroying context
JavaScript: Destroying runtime



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Re: V3.20
By: Rick Smith to All on Sun Feb 12 2023 06:53 am

Greetings All!

So I have tried VM, Docker and my cloud hosted (working) install of 3.18 and I get mostly the same issue, basically doesnt work.

My working copy is not SYMLINK and I realized I was copying data into fresh install of 3.20 so wasnt sure if that could harm it or keep it from upgrading properly. All builds of 3.20 with 3.18 copied in complained of main.ini issues and wiped out nodes, messages, etc.

v3.18 doesn't know-of or use main.ini, so you're probably thinking of main.cnf. In any case, paste the error message. Most likely, you didn't have your SBBSCTRL environment variable set correctly.

This morning I installed my working copy of 3.18 here on bare metal, did the git pull all of that went fine ( well no errors) and then I did the update and I think it broke sooner I did not see anything about main.ini just msgs.ini.

Starting to think I may just to rebuild the BBS on 3.20, a pain but I do not seem to be getting anywhere with the upgrade, which I know could be me. Is it possible I have bad data?

No, it's not "bad data".

JSexec v3.20a-Linux master/ae44ab153 - Execute Synchronet JavaScript Module Compiled Feb 12 2023 06:16:40 with GCC 11.3.0

Loading configuration files from /sbbs/ctrl
!ERROR loading configuration files: 2 (No such file or directory) opening /sbbs/ctrl/msgs.ini

That's expected and does not stop the update from continuing.

JavaScript-C 1.8.5 2011-03-31
JavaScript: Creating runtime: 8388608 bytes

Reading script from /sbbs/exec/update.js
/sbbs/exec/update.js compiled in 0.00 seconds
Synchronet update.js revision 1
Updating exec directory: Success
Updating ip_address field: 0 records updated
Installing Avatars feature
!FAILED: No avatars collections (.bin files) found in avatars/
Updating [General] Text File Section indexes
0 indexes updated.
Updating (compiling) Baja modules
Building ../exec/DDFLIST.bin

BAJA v2.34-Linux (rev 1.52) - Synchronet Shell/Module Compiler

Compiling ../exec/DDFLIST.src...
error 2 opening ../exec/SBBSDEFS.INC for read
/sbbs/exec/update.js executed in 0.04 seconds

I don't know what DDFLIST.src is - it doesn't come with Synchronet, but it appears to be including SBBSDEFS.INC instead of sbbsdefs.inc and Linux is a case sensitive filesystem, so you'll need to fix that in DDFLIST.src.

This issue has nothing to do with SBBS v3.20.
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Rob,

v3.18 doesn't know-of or use main.ini, so you're probably thinking of main.cnf. In any case, paste the error message. Most likely, you didn't have your SBBSCTRL environment variable set correctly.

I ran into that with trying to upgrade 3.19 to 3.20 with the sbbsexec
and sbbsrun files -- but I guess I should've run jsexec update first, before loading the control panel. I just went back to 3.19, and decided to wait there until the full update comes out.

Daryl

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Re: Re: V3.20
By: Daryl Stout to Digital Man on Wed Feb 15 2023 10:55 pm

Rob,

v3.18 doesn't know-of or use main.ini, so you're probably thinking of main.cnf. In any case, paste the error message. Most likely, you didn't have your SBBSCTRL environment variable set correctly.

I ran into that with trying to upgrade 3.19 to 3.20 with the sbbsexec
and sbbsrun files -- but I guess I should've run jsexec update first, before loading the control panel.

Correct.
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Rob,

I ran into that with trying to upgrade 3.19 to 3.20 with the sbbsexec
and sbbsrun files -- but I guess I should've run jsexec update first, before loading the control panel.

Correct.

Well, I tried that, but the hostname would never resolve, so I couldn't logon...so, I went back to 3.19

However, what made things more difficult was that the external USB drive that I had been using for BBS backups bit the dust. At least I had another external USB drive that was hooked up, but the software wasn't installed.
So, I had to install the software, and make a backup...as if the BBS
computer had crashed, it would've been history.

And, to make matters worse, there was severe weather in the region Wednesday night and Thursday morning...so, I've gotten very little BBS work done lately.

Daryl

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Re: Re: V3.20
By: Daryl Stout to Digital Man on Fri Feb 17 2023 04:02 am

Rob,

I ran into that with trying to upgrade 3.19 to 3.20 with the sbbsexec and sbbsrun files -- but I guess I should've run jsexec update first, before loading the control panel.

Correct.

Well, I tried that, but the hostname would never resolve, so I couldn't logon...so, I went back to 3.19

What hostname?
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Rob,

What hostname?

I don't recall if I had the address on the LAN for it (I had
originally set that up when it had trouble resolving either
tbolt.synchro.net or wx4qzbbs.ddnsfree.com), but neither one
would work...and I did have the internet connection up on
the LAN.

It just said "Resolving Hostname...", just sat there.

I'm using the Netrunner telnet client, as there is a problem
with the ANSI graphics with SyncTerm. I don't have the issue if
I go in through the web browser, but I'd have to figure out how
to set the file transfer option via the browser (i.e. FTelnet)...
as I think the browser only supports Ymodem-G -- and I normally
use Zmodem with a telnet client. I don't know if RIPTEL is still
available, let alone registerable...although I'd like to see RIP
graphics in the menus, and doors that have them.

Daryl

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Re: Re: V3.20
By: Daryl Stout to Digital Man on Sun Feb 19 2023 03:06 pm

Rob,

What hostname?

I don't recall if I had the address on the LAN for it (I had
originally set that up when it had trouble resolving either tbolt.synchro.net or wx4qzbbs.ddnsfree.com), but neither one
would work...and I did have the internet connection up on
the LAN.

It just said "Resolving Hostname...", just sat there.

What is "it"? I honestly have no idea what you're talking about. If the Synchronet servers couldn't resolve hostnames, that sounds like you had your DNS server addresses configured for your network stack/OS. Nothing to do with SBBS.

I'm using the Netrunner telnet client, as there is a problem
with the ANSI graphics with SyncTerm.

And what does that have to do with anything?

I don't have the issue if
I go in through the web browser, but I'd have to figure out how
to set the file transfer option via the browser (i.e. FTelnet)...
as I think the browser only supports Ymodem-G

Correct, fTelnet only supports Ymodem-G.

-- and I normally
use Zmodem with a telnet client. I don't know if RIPTEL is still
available, let alone registerable...although I'd like to see RIP
graphics in the menus, and doors that have them.

SyncTERM v1.2b (still in development) supports RIP. But does that have to with SBBS v3.20?
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