Subj : Help sorting out a Linux install
To   : Dux
From : Digital Man
Date : Tue May 26 2026 11:19 am

  Re: Help sorting out a Linux install
  By: Dux to All on Tue May 26 2026 09:01 am

 > Is this the right place to get some help sorting out a Linux install?

Yes, the perfect place.

 > I've been running my board for a few years now, but I think I must have
 > screwed up my last update a couple of years ago.
 >
 > I'm running 3.20 A right now on Debian 9, and I'd like to update to the
 > latest 3.21 revision, but despite running fine as-is I think I've got a
 > weird directory setup that I need to address.
 >
 > I think my operational directory/file structure is accidentally within the
 > repo directory...
 >
 > /sbbs directory contains docs, exec, text, web, webv4, and xtern
 > directories, but they're all symlinks to /sbbs/repo/[their name here] -- the
 > actual directories are inside /sbbs/repo/
 >
 > ctrl, data, modes, and node directories are directly within /sbbs

That sounds like a pretty normal (the usualy) *nix install result:
https://wiki.synchro.net/install:nix#git_build_method

 > Trying to perform an update has ended up with weird merge conflicts and
 > other issues, I've had to restore a backup a few times (fortuntely I have
 > them!)
 >
 > I'm assuming dealing with this might be as simple as shutting the board down
 > and moving those directories over to /sbbs/ ?

That shouldn't be necessary. Normally a "git pull --rebase --autostash" will do 
the trick.

 > At that point I think I can probably just blow away the repo with whatever
 > is on the remote at git and run the install/update process?

It depends on which files are having merge conflicts. You might care about 
losing your local changes, depending on what they are.
-- 
                                            digital man (rob)

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