Subj : Javascript TW2
To   : Dumas Walker
From : Digital Man
Date : Sun Dec 31 2017 04:55 pm

  Re: Javascript TW2
  By: Dumas Walker to DIGITAL MAN on Sun Dec 31 2017 06:57 pm

 > > The problem you're describing was fixed on Nov-17:
 > > http://cvs.synchro.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/src/sbbs3/js_uifc.c
 >
 > > So you just need to cvs-update and recompile. :-)
 >
 > I still have the same issue, but it takes approx 1 minute to open the
 > unpopulated TradeWars 2 Initialization window, where it was pretty
 > instantaneous before.
 >
 > That could be because if I follow the cvs update directions on the wiki, I
 > eventually get to this step:
 >
 > cd /sbbs/src/sbbs3; make RELEASE=1 symlinks
 >
 > And get the following error:
 >
 > make: *** No rule to make target 'symlinks'. Stop.

Did you run "cvs update" before that? That sounds like you don't have the
latest src/sbbs3/GNUmakefile.

 > If I replace symlinks with install, it says there is nothing for it to do.
 > The next step gives the same "no rule" error.  The other steps all appeared
 > to do what they were supposed to, although it was not much.
 >
 > The comments in my copy of js_uifc.c are now dated 2017/11/17 10:03:07, so
 > it does look like I have an updated copy, FWIW.

And when you run jsexec, what does it say the build date is?

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