[mythtv-users] mytharchive errors

[David Petticrew]

Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 07/27/06 19:53, David Petticrew wrote:
> 
>> mythtv-users.mythtv.org at tgice.com wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> David Petticrew wrote:
>>>    
>>>
>>>> I can't seem to get mytharchive to compile.
>>>>
>>> I'm not positive, but I think that it looks like you're old install 
>>> (0.19) of Myth might still be around somewhere.
>>>
>> I do still have my 0.19 around. I'm actually still running it. I tend to 
>> be very cautious about upgrades, so I install the new version to a new 
>> directory, while keeping the old one in the original directory. Then 
>> when I have everything running as I want it, then I switch my startup 
>> scripts to point to the new directory.
>>
>> Does this mean I can't do this, that the two versions won't co-exist on 
>> the same system, even in separate directories?
>>
> 
> It's possible to compile them both on the same system, but you'll need a 
> pretty good understanding of the tool chain to get it to work.
> 
> However (and far more importantly), once you run the SVN version, your 
> database will be permanently upgraded to the SVN version, and you will 
> /not/ be able to run 0.19-fixes again (unless you restore a backup that 
> you made before the upgrade).
> 
> My recommendation is to stick with 0.19-fixes and wait patiently for 
> 0.20 (with MythArchive) to be released by your packager and upgrade 
> then.  It shouldn't be too long before 0.20 is released.

I compiled 0.19 from source and will compile whatever version I use from 
source, since my packager doesn't compile in DVB.