Just upgraded my old version of Mystic (A35) that wasn't working well. I've noticed two things:
1. the ./mystic -ver output is:
pi@dmz1:/mystic $ y Pi/32

Compiled 2017/12/13 20:55:39
So the first line is getting over written by the prompt by default on the Pi. 2. the nodelist doesn't work at all from what I'm seeing (might not be the
same for you, but let's figure out why). I have a nodelist.ini:
; maint.ini for Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org
; from omutil.ini (Original mutil.ini)
;
; Purge, pack & merge nodelists
;
[General]

MergeNodeLists = true

logfile=mutil.log
loglevel=3
maxlogfiles = 3
maxlogsize = 1000

; ==========================================================================
; ==========================================================================

[MergeNodeLists]


; Strip nodes marked as DOWN?
strip_down = true

; Strip nodes marked as PRIVATE?
strip_private = false

nodefile=/mystic/files/fsx_node/FSXNET
nodefile=/mystic/files/fsx_node/fsxnet
nodefile=/mystic/files/rtn_nodelist/RETRONET
nodefile=/mystic/files/rtn_nodelist/retronet
; /mystic/files/fsx_nets
; CYBERNET.ZIP DNET0716.ZIP HAPPYNET.ZIP VKRADIO.ZIP
nodefile=/mystic/files/fsx_nets/CYBERNET
nodefile=/mystic/files/fsx_nets/DNET*
nodefile=/mystic/files/fsx_nets/HAPPYNET
nodefile=/mystic/files/fsx_nets/VKRADIO

That's it. I deleted /mystic/data/nodelist.txt then run it with:
./mutil nodelist.ini

Just checked my Linux/64 x86 system and got the same results: bcw@lenotv2:/mystic$

Compiled 2017/12/13 18:07:33

bcw@lenotv2:/mystic$ ./mutil nodelist.ini

▐ 100 ▓

100 ▓
▄▓█
░ mUTIL v1.12 ▄▀ ▀
▀▀ ░ ▀ ░
░ ▀ ▄▄▀ nodelist.ini
(1/1)


▐ Process ───────────── ─
Status
────────── Result ────·

Merging Nodelists Merged 4 of 4 nodelist(s)
DONE 0.00s

> Execution of 1 processes complete



bcw@lenotv2:/mystic$ ls data/node*
data/nodeap.dat data/nodelist2016-09-20.ods data/nodelist.bbi
(as before I deleted the old nodelist.txt before starting)

mutil seems to run OK, just no results. The log looked OK, but no file was created at all. Do you have any suggestions on what to try next?

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A37 2017/12/13 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Mystic AlphaTest bcw142.zapto.org:2323 (21:1/145.2)

nodefile=/mystic/files/fsx_node/FSXNET
nodefile=/mystic/files/fsx_node/fsxnet
nodefile=/mystic/files/rtn_nodelist/RETRONET
nodefile=/mystic/files/rtn_nodelist/retronet
; /mystic/files/fsx_nets
; CYBERNET.ZIP DNET0716.ZIP HAPPYNET.ZIP VKRADIO.ZIP
nodefile=/mystic/files/fsx_nets/CYBERNET
nodefile=/mystic/files/fsx_nets/DNET*
nodefile=/mystic/files/fsx_nets/HAPPYNET
nodefile=/mystic/files/fsx_nets/VKRADIO

You cannot have multiple entries of the same nodelist unless you want duplicate entries/strange results (ie fsxnet, retronet). And you cannot wildcard the nodelist file name either (ie the DNET like).

nodefile=/mystic/files/fsx_node/fsxnet
nodefile=/mystic/files/rtn_nodelist/retronet
nodefile=/mystic/files/fsx_nets/CYBERNET
nodefile=/mystic/files/fsx_nets/HAPPYNET
nodefile=/mystic/files/fsx_nets/VKRADIO

This above is more like what it should look like. You'll have to add whatever that DNET entry is back in.

bcw@lenotv2:/mystic$ ls data/node*
data/nodeap.dat data/nodelist2016-09-20.ods data/nodelist.bbi
(as before I deleted the old nodelist.txt before starting)

All of the files that are shown there are NOT files Mystic uses. You should never touch any files in the data folder, and never put any other files in it or point any other software at it.

Fix up that configuration and then show the unedited log file from mutil's merge run with loglevel=3 on and lets go from there. If you provide any LS listings, please use "ls -la" so that we can see the ownerships.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A37 2017/12/13 (Windows/32)
* Origin: Sector 7 [Mystic BBS WHQ] (21:1/108)

On 12/14/17, g00r00 pondered and said...

Fix up that configuration and then show the unedited log file from
mutil's merge run with loglevel=3 on and lets go from there. If you

I see the following

----------------- MUTIL v1.12 A37 2017/12/13 Sat, Dec 16 2017 (loglevel 3)
+ Dec 16 10:11:48 Startup using nodes.ini
- Dec 16 10:11:48 EXEC MergeNodeLists
+ Dec 16 10:11:48 Process: Merging Nodelists
+ Dec 16 10:11:48 Merging agoranet
+ Dec 16 10:11:48 Searching "c:\bbs\files\agn\agn_node\* for archive "AGORANET"
+ Dec 16 10:11:48 Searching "c:\bbs\files\agn\agn_node\* for nodelist "AGORANET"
+ Dec 16 10:11:48 Searching "c:\bbs\mystic\temputil\* for nodelist "AGORANET" + Dec 16 10:11:48 Merging nodelist
+ Dec 16 10:11:48 Searching "c:\bbs\files\fdn\fdn_nodelist\* for archive "NODELIST"
+ Dec 16 10:11:48 Searching "c:\bbs\files\fdn\fdn_nodelist\* for nodelist "NODELIST"
+ Dec 16 10:11:48 Searching "c:\bbs\mystic\temputil\* for nodelist "NODELIST" + Dec 16 10:11:48 Merging amylist
+ Dec 16 10:11:48 Searching "c:\bbs\files\amn\amylist\* for archive "AMYLIST" + Dec 16 10:11:48 Searching "c:\bbs\files\amn\amylist\* for nodelist
"AMYLIST"
+ Dec 16 10:11:48 Searching "c:\bbs\mystic\temputil\* for nodelist "AMYLIST"
+ Dec 16 10:11:48 Merging sportnet
+ Dec 16 10:11:48 Searching "c:\bbs\files\sprt\spornode\* for archive "SPORTNET"
+ Dec 16 10:11:48 Searching "c:\bbs\files\sprt\spornode\* for nodelist "SPORTNET"
+ Dec 16 10:11:48 Searching "c:\bbs\mystic\temputil\* for nodelist "SPORTNET" + Dec 16 10:11:48 Merging fsxnet
+ Dec 16 10:11:48 Searching "c:\bbs\files\fsx\fsx_node\* for archive "FSXNET" + Dec 16 10:11:48 Searching "c:\bbs\files\fsx\fsx_node\* for nodelist
"FSXNET"
+ Dec 16 10:11:48 Searching "c:\bbs\mystic\temputil\* for nodelist "FSXNET"
+ Dec 16 10:11:48 Results: Merged 5 of 5 nodelist(s) in 0.00s
+ Dec 16 10:11:48 Shutdown Normal (0)

When I check my nodelist browser I do not see any recent additions to fsxNet
so something does appear to be amiss

My .ini file settings are the same as before when things were working..

; Strip nodes marked as DOWN?
strip_down = true

; Strip nodes marked as PRIVATE?
strip_private = false

nodefile=c:\bbs\files\agn\agn_node\agoranet
nodefile=c:\bbs\files\fdn\fdn_nodelist\nodelist
nodefile=c:\bbs\files\amn\amylist\amylist
nodefile=c:\bbs\files\sprt\spornode\sportnet
nodefile=c:\bbs\files\fsx\fsx_node\fsxnet


Hope this helps debug any issues :)

Best, Paul

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A37 2017/12/13 (Windows/32)
* Origin: Agency BBS | telnet://agency.bbs.geek.nz (21:1/101)