Subj : Re: ibol.mpy failure - anyone seen it?
To : Codefenix
From : paulie420
Date : Wed Mar 05 2025 03:16 pm
Co> pa> PYTHON ERROR (/home/pi/mystic/themes/default/scripts/ibol.mpy) File
Co> pa> "ibol.mpy", line 204, in <module> main_menu() File "ibol.mpy", line 1
Co> pa> in main_menu get_data() File "ibol.mpy", line 100, in get_data
Co> pa> tstr=""+thisauthor.ljust(left_side)+": " UnboundLocalError: local var
Co> pa> 'thisauthor' referenced before assignment -----
Co>
Co> I had this problem too with the Synchronet version of IBOL.
Co>
Co> There was an IBOL post earlier in the week with the "Author" field
Co> missing, and had "-e Auther" in its place. I'm GUESSING that's the same
Co> problem you've run into.
Co>
Co> If you find the offending message in your FSX_DAT echo and delete it, the
Co> script should work again. But really, the IBOL scripts should handle
Co> that kind of situation better (I'm testing a fix for the Sync version
Co> here).
Interesting - OR, it should iron itself out after the message moves off the IBOL main page... but yea, thats not a fix. And, might break if users View All.
Ok - lemme go try to find that post in FSX_DAT. UGH. :P Thanks for the tip - sounds like maybe LOTS of BBSes ibol is broken this week, then?
