Hi guys,
I'm new to running synchronet on Linux, and luckily I'm still in testing before re-releasing my system in the Linux environment. I have no problems building using the GNU Makefile
make install SYMLINK=1

The issue happens when I do a git pull, and follow instructions in the wiki for updating.
I change directories into /sbbs/repo/src/sbbs3/
I ensure I run SBBSEXEC=/sbbs/exec
and SBBSCTRL=/sbbs/brsl
and then I run, as directed
make RELEASE=1 symlinks setcapH


In Debian, under debian 12, the following command works, and I think it has to do with gmake being used. Can this be updated in the wiki?

make RELEASE=1 SYMLINK=1 SETCAP=1

I hope this helps.


NER

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So I got make RELEASE=1 symlinks setcap
to work
setting the environment valiables using SBBSEXEC/sbbs/exec/
and SBBSCTRL=/sbbs/ctrl
does not work. You must run export to set these
export SBBSEXEC=/sbbs/exec
etc.

I'm not sure if this requires a wiki update but it might be able to be clarified.

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Re: Unable to build release on debian 12, fix includedã By: ner to all on Thu Oct 12 2023 09:10 pmãã > So I got make RELEASE=1 symlinks setcapã > to workã > setting the environment valiables using SBBSEXEC/sbbs/exec/ã > and SBBSCTRL=/sbbs/ctrlã > does not work. You must run export to set theseã > export SBBSEXEC=/sbbs/execã > etc.ã >ã > I'm not sure if this requires a wiki update but it might be able to beã > clarified.ããA lot of the issues I ever had with the environment variables is sovled with ln -sf. If you were getting something weird with the SBBSEXEC dir that might do it.ããSomething like -ããsudo ln -sf ~/sbbs /ãã---ã þ Synchronet þ This is my tagline so I don't get any complaints when I postã