Re: chksetup.js output
By: MRO to Digital Man on Mon Apr 27 2026 12:25 am
> > "updating in a vm" is not the same as "upgrading a non-installed
> > Synchronet".
> well it depends on what you consider installed.
"installed" means having run the installer.
> the files were there on the system.
That's not installed.
> i was updating it in a vm.
>
>
> > Maybe actually install it first, next time.
>
> i come from a time when you didn't install it, you just
> got the files and ran it.
Synchronet has always had an installer, even going back to the MS-DOS days.
> > ("c:\sbbs") - if you're using a custom/non-standard install
> > location, then yes, you need to. And the installer does it for you
> > - when you use it.
>
> i used the updater and it asked for the synchronet path. why couldn't it
> update it using the path i provided? you explain why, but it should.
<sigh>
It can and will, so long as the ctrl directory is an immediate child of the dire
ctory you provided.
> it should be looking for the synchronet/ctrl because i typed in synchronet
> for the directory location.
the "ctrl" directory doesn't have to be a subdirectory of the installation direc
tory.
> > It will in the next release. But it also would've worked just fine
> > had you just installed sbbs before upgrading it.
>
> if you say so, i didn't think it was such a big deal.
> the files were in the directory. i thought that was good enough.
Well, now you know.
> i'm just telling you what i ran into.
>
> Obviously people aren't speaking up when they run into issues or they are
> just being npcs; there's been a lot of issues with this 3.21x release.
> people didn't test things.
>
> This sysop ran synchronet in a weird directory and something came up. i
> thought it was worth telling you about it. sorry for being edgy!
The "edgy" comment wasn't about you or using a non-default Synchronet install di
rectory. But I already explained that.
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