So you want to update your ircd: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 15:12, 14 February 2022

Tested 3x 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 despite using the correct command to do a version upgrade. (From this page: https://www.unrealircd.org/docs/Upgrading_from_5.x )

This was my way of working around the built in updater to go from 5.x to 6.x.

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.

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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 "}"
Add the following:

log {
        source {
            !debug;
            all;
        }
        destination {
            file "ircd.log" { maxsize 100M; }
        }
}

- Needed for 6.x, 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

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You should be running piss60 successfully.

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 Tested 3x 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 despite using the correct command to do a version upgrade. This was my way of working around the built in updater to go from 5.x to 6.x.
+When attempting to upgrade using the built in unrealircd upgrader, it failed with an error about calling a script directly despite using the correct command to do a version upgrade. (From this page: https://www.unrealircd.org/docs/Upgrading_from_5.x )
+This was my way of working around the built in updater to go from 5.x to 6.x.
 It -should- work for those running vanilla unrealircd and upgrading to pissircd. But we're making a backup of your unrealircd folder regardless.
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 ** 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 the following:
+<pre>log {
+        source {
+            !debug;
+            all;
+        }
+        destination {
+            file "ircd.log" { maxsize 100M; }
+        }
+}
+</pre>
+** Needed for 6.x, otherwise your conf fails checks.
 * Add these two lines to your unrealircd.conf:
 ** '''include "snomasks.default.conf";'''