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CVS Repository
Synchronet source code and some third-party dependencies are stored in a version control database (repository) using a ubiquitous software system called CVS.
Anonymous access, for current source code or previous releases by label, is available to the following repositories:
cvs.synchro.net:/cvsroot/sbbscvs-mirror.synchro.net:/cvsroot/sbbs
Required modules for building Synchronet:
src-sbbs3(alias for several modules)- One of the following module aliases (for required third-party libraries):
lib-win32(for Windows)lib(for all other supported platforms)
Required modules for running Synchronet (if you don't already have Synchronet installed):
run-sbbs3(alias for several modules)
Example labels (for checking-out a specific release):
sbbs300csbbs310ksbbs314asbbs315asbbs316c
NOTE: If you really want to build an old release, you'll probably have better luck downloading a source archive (e.g. ssrc314a.zip or ssrc314a.tgz) from ftp://vert.synchro.net/ and building that instead as some deprecated files may have been removed from the CVS repository since.
Examples
CVS command-line example (for non-Windows OSes):
cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.synchro.net:/cvsroot/sbbs co src-sbbs3 lib
CVS command-line example (for Windows):
cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.synchro.net:/cvsroot/sbbs co src-sbbs3 lib-win32
Changes
In October of 2011, the /lib and /include modules in the Synchronet CVS repository were deprecated (and removed on October 26th) and a new top level module (/3rdp) was introduced which includes pre-built third-party libraries and header files for Win32 builds and source archives (e.g. tarballs) and build files for *nix builds.
The lib and lib-win32 module aliases actually refer to sub-directories of the /3rdp module.
