> Check your src/build/localdefs.mk file.

Thanks.  Commented out a line and that did it.

(gdb) thread apply all bt

Thread 1 (Thread 0x7ffff76b8740 (LWP 1025490) "sbbsecho"):
#0  0x0000555555574799 in main (argc=2, argv=0x7fffffffe4c8) at sbbsecho.c:6439


Line 6439 deals with the BADAREA.  Looks like it didn't like this entry in
AREAS.BBS:

BADAREA *

so I removed it and sbbsecho is working now.


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