Subj : chksetup.js output
To   : MRO
From : Digital Man
Date : Sun Apr 26 2026 10:47 pm

  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 
directory 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 
directory.

 >  > 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 
directory. But I already explained that.
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