[mythtv-users] Syncing Minimyth with a backend

[Mike Perkins]

Paul Bender wrote:
> Mike Perkins wrote:
>> I have just put together a new Media Centre-style host[1] I intend to use as a 
>> dedicated front-end which will diskless boot. I decided to choose Minimyth as 
>> the operating system for this.
>>
>> I already run a LTSP (Linux Terminal Server Project) server so adding Minimyth 
>> should'nt have been a problem, and apart from the usual configuration cockups I 
>> am mostly there.
>>
>> However, I have come to a halt with respect to connecting it to the existing 
>> Mythtv network, which is, the potential protocol/version mismatch. I wanted to 
>> sort out the Minimyth side of things first and then do my upgrade to 0.21 based 
>> on whatever that built as.
>>
>> I have built from Minimyth 0.21.0-42, which says that it is based on svn 16483. 
>> My first question (to Paul) therefore is, which svn? Trunk? Fixes? My second (to 
>> Mike Dean) is, can I just pull this svn version from Trunk/Fixes/Wherever and 
>> use it to upgrade the rest of my systems so that they are all compatible?
>>
>> Currently running Trunk svn 14033.
> 
> Per <http://linpvr.org/minimyth/>, it is "MythTV 
> <http://www.mythtv.org/> 0.21.0 with fixes 
> <http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/browser/branches/release-0-21-fixes> through 
> SVN 16483".
> 
> Also, there is a version of MiniMyth with MythTV 0.20.2 + fixes.
> 
> To be sure that everything works correctly, you should use the exact 
> same MythTV versions on all you hosts. However, you should be able to 
> use it with 
> <http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/browser/branches/release-0-21-fixes>. In 
> addition, if you are using packages, then you should be able to using 
> MiniMyth with any MythTV 0.21 packages. I use MiniMyth on my frontends 
> and ATrpms' MythTV packages on my backend.
> 
See, that's my problem. How can I use the exact same version as Minimyth when 
the version of Myth used is buried within the Minimyth release. It's not that 
easy for us punters to find the appropriate matching svn. I have, incidentally, 
built my current systems from source svn since my distribution (Mandriva) lagged 
behind on certain fixes I needed.

I should have added to my OP: Since the Minimyth distribution does not contain 
back end code, and Mike Dean says all systems should be built from identical 
code, this makes connecting any Minimyth box to any back end quite awkward.

Perhaps one solution would be to publish a tarball of the /complete/ svn 
snapshot used to base the current version of Minimyth on. I did look, but 
couldn't find such a beast anywhere.

Mike Perkins