Subj : binkit error
To   : Dumas Walker
From : Digital Man
Date : Sat Nov 30 2019 06:36 pm

  Re: binkit error
  By: Dumas Walker to All on Sat Nov 30 2019 02:02 pm

 > 11/30 13:52:59 srvc 0068 BinkIT connection accepted from: 98.3.43.197 port
 > 48720
 > 11/30 13:52:59 srvc 0068 BinkIT !JavaScript  /sbbs/exec/binkit.js line 1:
 > SyntaxError: illegal XML character
 > 11/30 13:52:59 srvc 0068 !JavaScript FAILED to compile script
 > (/sbbs/exec/binkit.js)
 > 11/30 13:52:59 srvc 0068 BinkIT service thread terminated (0 clients remain,
 > 0 total, 9 served)
 >
 > Here is the beginning of the js file:
 >
 > <<<<<<< binkit.js
 > // $Id: binkit.js,v 2.26 2019/06/14 21:08:42 rswindell Exp $
 > // vi: tabstop=4
 > =======
 > // $Id: binkit.js,v 2.27 2019/06/17 05:21:19 rswindell Exp $
 > // vi: tabstop=4
 > >>>>>>> 2.27

Those are merge-conflict markers. Simply deleting the version you have locally and getting again via CVS will fix that.

 > The copy in my backup looks like this:
 >
 > // $Id: binkit.js,v 2.26 2019/06/14 21:08:42 rswindell Exp $
 > // vi: tabstop=4
 > /*
 >
 > I think it does not like the less-than & greater-than characters.  I tried
 > taking all of them out and leaving this:
 >
 > // $Id: binkit.js,v 2.27 2019/06/17 05:21:19 rswindell Exp $
 > // vi: tabstop=4
 >
 > But apparently the source is full of those characters as it threw the same
 > error for line 25.  I saved the previous backup copy over it so hopefully it
 > will work with the sbbs code I pulled today.

"cvs update -C" would also work.

                                            digital man

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