So you want to update your ircd

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 while also doing a build for pissircd specifically.

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 "}"
  • (Needed for 6.x, otherwise your conf fails checks.)
• Add the following:

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

include "snomasks.default.conf";
loadmodule "cloak_md5";

• Save (Ctrl X)
• cd ..
• ./unrealircd stop
• ./unrealircd start

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You should be running piss60 successfully.