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--- install:dev [2024/04/27 14:36] – [Run-time files] Repeat the link to text.dat as Dumas Walker suggested digital man
+++ install:dev [2026/01/01 22:35] (current) – [Run-time files] Note that a second run of 'jsexec update' is in order when upgrading from v3.19 or earlier digital man
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   - Continue with [[#step 4]] section of this page
-==== Pre-built executables ====
+==== Pre-built Executables ====
 If you are using pre-built executables (from Windows-installer or archive):
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 ^ Platform      ^ Nightly Build ^ Continuous Build ^
-| Windows-i386  | ''sbbs_dev.zip'' [[https://vert.synchro.net/Synchronet/sbbs_dev.zip|https]] [[http://vert.synchro.net/Synchronet/sbbs_dev.zip|http]] [[ftp://ftp.synchro.net/sbbs_dev.zip|ftp]] | [[https://gitlab.synchro.net/sbbs/sbbs/-/jobs/artifacts/master/download?job=sbbs-windows|https]] |
+| Windows-i386  | [[https://vert.synchro.net/Synchronet/sbbs_dev.zip|https]] [[http://vert.synchro.net/Synchronet/sbbs_dev.zip|http]] [[ftp://ftp.synchro.net/sbbs_dev.zip|ftp]] | [[https://gitlab.synchro.net/sbbs/sbbs/-/jobs/artifacts/master/download?job=windows-x86 [sbbs]|https]] |
-| Linux-x64     | ''sbbs_dev.tgz'' [[https://vert.synchro.net/Synchronet/sbbs_dev.tgz|https]] [[http://vert.synchro.net/Synchronet/sbbs_dev.tgz|http]] [[ftp://ftp.synchro.net/sbbs_dev.tgz|ftp]] | [[https://gitlab.synchro.net/sbbs/sbbs/-/jobs/artifacts/master/download?job=sbbs-linux|https]] |
+| Linux-x64     | [[https://vert.synchro.net/Synchronet/sbbs_dev.tgz|https]] [[http://vert.synchro.net/Synchronet/sbbs_dev.tgz|http]] [[ftp://ftp.synchro.net/sbbs_dev.tgz|ftp]] | [[https://gitlab.synchro.net/sbbs/sbbs/-/jobs/artifacts/master/download?job=linux-x64 [sbbs]|https]] |
-| FreeBSD-amd64 | N/A | [[https://gitlab.synchro.net/sbbs/sbbs/-/jobs/artifacts/master/download?job=sbbs-freebsd|https]] |
+| macOS-armv8   | [[https://vert.synchro.net/Synchronet/sbbs_dev-macos-armv8.tgz|https]] [[http://vert.synchro.net/Synchronet/sbbs_dev-macos-armv8.tgz|http]] [[ftp://ftp.synchro.net/sbbs_dev-macos-armv8.tgz|ftp]] | [[https://gitlab.synchro.net/sbbs/sbbs/-/jobs/artifacts/master/download?job=darwin-aarch64-aarch64 [sbbs]|https]] |
+| macOS-x86     | | [[https://gitlab.synchro.net/sbbs/sbbs/-/jobs/artifacts/master/download?job=darwin-x86-x86 [sbbs]|https]] |
+| FreeBSD-amd64 | N/A | [[https://gitlab.synchro.net/sbbs/sbbs/-/jobs/artifacts/master/download?job=freebsd-amd64 [sbbs]|https]] |
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   - If you performed a [[dev:CVS]] install (e.g. on *nix), see [[howto:Git]] for instructions on updating to the Git repo((The Synchronet CVS Repository is no longer updated)).
-  - If you performed a [[dev:Git]] install (e.g. on *nix) and you opted for symbolic links to the ''[[dir:exec]]'' and ''[[dir:text]]'' directories, the only file you might need to manually update or merge would be the ''[[dir:ctrl]]/[[custom:text.dat]]'' file. All the other files should be automatically updated with your ''git pull'' command.
+  - If you performed a [[dev:Git]] install (e.g. on *nix) and you opted for symbolic links to the ''[[dir:exec]]'' and ''[[dir:text]]'' //directories//((this is reference to the SYMLINK=1 installation option, not the symlinks build target)), the only file you might need to manually update or merge would be the ''[[dir:ctrl]]/[[custom:text.dat]]'' file.
   - If you performed a [[dev:Git]] install (e.g. on *nix) and you did **not** opt for symbolic links, you will need to recursively copy the ''repo/exec'' and ''repo/text'' directories to your ''sbbs/[[dir:exec]]'' and ''sbbs/[[dir:text]]'' directories.
-  - Over-write or merge-with your modified ''[[dir:ctrl]]/[[custom:text.dat]]'' file from [[https://gitlab.com/synchronet/sbbs/-/raw/master/ctrl/text.dat|here]]. If you see some corrupted text output from the terminal server or some features don't work as expected, skipping this step could be the cause. If you don't have have or expect to make any edits to your ''text.dat'' file, consider just using a 0-byte ''text.dat'' file to always [[custom:text.dat#use defaults]].
+  - Over-write or merge-with your modified ''[[dir:ctrl]]/[[custom:text.dat]]'' file from [[https://gitlab.com/synchronet/sbbs/-/raw/master/ctrl/text.dat|here]]. If you see some corrupted text output from the terminal server or some features don't work as expected, skipping this step could be the cause. If you don't have have or expect to make any edits to your ''text.dat'' file, consider just using a 0-length ''text.dat'' file to always [[custom:text.dat#use defaults]].
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 === Final Step (Git or non-git) ===
-  - From a command prompt (e.g. in your Synchronet ''exec'' directory), run: ''jsexec update''
+  - From a command prompt (e.g. in your Synchronet ''exec'' directory), run: ''jsexec -U update''((the JSexec ''-U'' option is important when upgrading from Synchronet v3.19 or earlier to v3.20 or later)).
+  - If upgrading from Synchronet v3.19 or earlier, a second run of ''jsexec update'' may be necessary to get all the updated configuration changes since the first run would just upgrade the configuration files and not reload them.
-**NOTE:**\\
-The following //one-time// error message displayed by ''jsexec'' **when upgrading from Synchronet versions prior to v3.20** is expected and should be ignored:
-  !ERROR loading configuration files: 2 (No such file or directory) opening /sbbs/ctrl/msgs.ini
-... because later in the upgrade process, the ''msgs.ini''(and other) missing configuration files will be created (converted from ''*.cnf''):
-  Upgrading Synchronet v3.1x config files to v3.20
-  main.cnf -> main.ini
-  ../node1\node.cnf -> node.ini
-  ../node2\node.cnf -> node.ini
-  ../node3\node.cnf -> node.ini
-  ../node4\node.cnf -> node.ini
-  msgs.cnf -> msgs.ini
 Now you are ready to re-run the BBS and enjoy the "latest and greatest"!

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