[mythtv-users] Feature request: backwards compatability

[Isaac Richards]

On Wednesday 18 May 2005 10:43 pm, BP wrote:
> Jeff Simpson wrote:
> > When I upgrade, I just emerge everything, frontend, backend, etc etc,
> > but I just don't restart any of the software until I'm ready for the
> > upgrade. Until the backend is actually restarted, it continues to run
> > the old version, same with the frontend. Even tho the binary on the
> > drive got replaced with the new version, the old one is still running
> > in memory.
>
> Don't you risk database corruption doing that?  The database is updated
> (new tables and such might be added) during the install.  If a
> significant enough change is made, you might create problems you don't
> want to have when the backend inserts data.

It's not updated until during the install.

Isaac