Subj : Re: MiSTiGRiS 2025 Advent Cal
To   : alt.bbs.synchronet
From : Daniel
Date : Thu Dec 04 2025 07:30:51

From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

"Mindsurfer" <mindsurfer@FUNTOPIA.remove-h4t-this> writes:

>  To: MRO
>  Re: MiSTiGRiS 2025 Advent Cal
>  By: MRO to Mindsurfer on Mon Nov 24 2025 00:54:07
>
>>> i need help to use the Advent Calendar in Synchronet (linux).
>>> https://github.com/robbiew/mg_advent
>>> How do you add the shell script that executes this door to the external
>>> programs menu as a door?
>>> i have the executable and advent.sh script in /sbbs/xtrn/advent/
>
> MR> you go into scfg and add it in your external area you then add the
> MR> command: advent -path %n
> MR> make sure it's setup to use door32.sys
> MR> did you build it for linux?
>
> I am using their precompiled executable advent-linux-amd64.
> It seems they just have updated it, so i checked the new download package.
> The included bash script has changed alot, to basicly just start the
> binary with your recommended -path %n parameter. Looks like it is
> working now.
> Now i just have to wait for december 1st or i get it to run with the debug-disable-date paramter ;)
/snip

Brilliant art this year. Especially day 4. I'm just running it on dosbox
as the zip I received didn't have a linux binary in it.

D
finger calcmandan@bbs.erb.pw
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