[mythtv] Do I need mythlogserver?

Thomas Mashos thomas at mashos.com
Mon Nov 25 16:08:58 UTC 2013


On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 5:50 AM, Craig Treleaven <ctreleaven at cogeco.ca> wrote:
> At 7:38 AM -0600 11/25/13, Richard Shaw wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 3:52 PM, Jean-Yves Avenard
>> <<mailto:jyavenard at gmail.com>jyavenard at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Monday, November 25, 2013, Richard Shaw wrote:
>>
>> And I'm asking this from a RPM Fusion
>> I think this is causing mythlogserver to exit funny and is actually being
>> captured as a crash by abrt.
>>
>> So, can I get it to play nice with systemd? Or should I just disable
>> mythlogserver for the RPM Fusion package?
>>
>> [1]
>> <http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Mythlogserver>http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Mythlogserver
>>
>>
>> Personally, I would just disable it. You can either start any of the myth
>> application to not use mythlogserver; or disable it permanently using
>> --disable-mythlogserver with the original configure.
>>
>> If I disable it from configure, does it even get built? I don't want to
>> prevent someone from using it if the need it for some reason. Sounds like
>> the best approach may be to disable it in mythbackend.service.
>
>
> No, it won't be built if disabled in configure--but that is a good thing!
> mythlogserver may help _developers_ trying to resolve a tricky crash
> situation (in certain circumstances) but it is overkill for regular users.
> At least, that's my position for MacPorts.
>
> Craig
>
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Mythbuntu has disabled it in our builds too.

Thanks,

Thomas Mashos


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