Building from source fails - git submodules not initialized #904

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2026-10-05T04:52:00+02:00

adam commented

2026-10-05 04:52:00 +02:00

I am trying to upgrade from 1.7.1 to 1.7.3.
First off, I am using autoconf (I know it is deprecated but until I upgrade that server, it will have to do). ./configure no longer seems to work out of the box so I ran ./autogen.sh (this doesn't seem to be mentioned in the changelog?).

Running ./configure works as expected, but running make afterwards fails:

Packing man page znc.1.gz...
Packing man page znc-buildmod.1.gz...
It looks like git submodules are not initialized. Run: git submodule update --init --recursive
Makefile:196: recipe for target 'third_party/Csocket/Csocket.h' failed

As I am building from the official source tarball, this doesn't seem to make a lot of sense, and the installation instructions do not appear to have been updated for any new steps that would be necessary.

I am trying to upgrade from 1.7.1 to 1.7.3. First off, I am using autoconf (I know it is deprecated but until I upgrade that server, it will have to do). `./configure` no longer seems to work out of the box so I ran `./autogen.sh` (this doesn't seem to be mentioned in the changelog?). Running `./configure` works as expected, but running `make` afterwards fails: ``` Packing man page znc.1.gz... Packing man page znc-buildmod.1.gz... It looks like git submodules are not initialized. Run: git submodule update --init --recursive Makefile:196: recipe for target 'third_party/Csocket/Csocket.h' failed ``` As I am building from the official source tarball, this doesn't seem to make a lot of sense, and the installation instructions do not appear to have been updated for any new steps that would be necessary.

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2026-10-05 04:52:00 +02:00

adam commented

2026-10-05 04:52:01 +02:00

the official source tarball

Where you got it? If from github, those are known to be broken.

> the official source tarball Where you got it? If from github, those are known to be broken.

adam commented

2026-10-05 04:52:01 +02:00

Do not use the tarball that github provides. It's broken.
Fetch either, https://znc.in/releases/znc-1.7.3.tar.gz or https://znc.in/nightly/znc-latest.tar.gz or $ git clone https://github.com/znc/znc.git --recursive

Do not use the tarball that github provides. It's broken. Fetch either, [https://znc.in/releases/znc-1.7.3.tar.gz](url) or [https://znc.in/nightly/znc-latest.tar.gz](url) or `$ git clone https://github.com/znc/znc.git --recursive`

adam commented

2026-10-05 04:52:02 +02:00

Nevermind. I first got it from GitHub, noticed that it failed, then grabbed the official tarball, and apparently I didn't notice that I kept using the GitHub tarball rather than the official one. Cleaned everything, re-downloaded the official tarball and now it works as expected.

Nevermind. I first got it from GitHub, noticed that it failed, then grabbed the official tarball, and apparently I didn't notice that I kept using the GitHub tarball rather than the official one. Cleaned everything, re-downloaded the official tarball and now it works as expected.

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