So you want to update your ircd: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 15:03, 14 February 2022

Tested on pissircd with custom scripts installed.

When attempting to upgrade using the built in unrealircd upgrader, it failed with an error about calling a script directly. This was my way of working around the built in updater.

It -should- work for those running vanilla unrealircd and upgrading to pissircd. But we're making a backup of your unrealircd folder regardless.

The fun bit: You can build, upgrade and make all changes while your ircd is running, needing only to stop and restart when done.

Remove all of your previous build and backup folders (you won't be using the built in unrealircd upgrader, so clear out the old cruft.)
Back up your unrealircd folder (cp -R unrealircd backup.unrealircd)
git clone https://github.com/pissnet/pissircd
cd pissircd && ./Config
Hit enter on everything (defaults)
make
make install
cd ..
cd unrealircd
cd conf
nano unrealircd.conf
Comment out the entire block for > log "ircd.log"
- from log "ircd.log"
- including "flags {"
- to second "}"
- It will keep the ircd checker from complaining and default to logging what it already logged without commenting out that section, otherwise your conf fails checks.
Add these two lines to your unrealircd.conf:
- include "snomasks.default.conf";
- loadmodule "cloak_md5";
Save
cd ..
./unrealircd stop
./unrealircd start

You should be running piss60 successfully.

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 Tested on pissircd with custom scripts installed.
+When attempting to upgrade using the built in unrealircd upgrader, it failed with an error about calling a script directly. This was my way of working around the built in updater.
+It -should- work for those running vanilla unrealircd and upgrading to pissircd. But we're making a backup of your unrealircd folder regardless.
+The fun bit: You can build, upgrade and make all changes while your ircd is running, needing only to stop and restart when done.
 * Remove all of your previous build and backup folders (you won't be using the built in unrealircd upgrader, so clear out the old cruft.)
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 ** including "'''flags {'''"
 ** to second "'''}'''"
-** It will keep the ircd from complaining and default to logging what it already logged without commenting out that section, otherwise your conf fails checks.
+** It will keep the ircd checker from complaining and default to logging what it already logged without commenting out that section, otherwise your conf fails checks.
 * Add these two lines to your unrealircd.conf:
 ** '''include "snomasks.default.conf";'''