[mythtv-users] Where did mythconverg_restore.pl go?
Michael T. Dean
mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Wed Jul 7 13:38:27 UTC 2010
On 07/07/2010 12:19 AM, Clay wrote:
> Michael T. Dean wrote:
>> On 07/06/2010 11:36 AM, Clay wrote:
>>> Michael T. Dean wrote:
>>>> You're better off with the trunk version linked from the wiki page,
>>>> anyway--even for those users on 0.23-fixes whose distros provide
>>>> mythconverg_restore.pl, it makes sense to download
>>>> mythconverg_restore.pl to your home directory and use it. There
>>>> are changes in the trunk version which make restoring a database
>>>> much easier and less likely to break your distro's MySQL
>>>> permissions configuration.
>>>>
>>>> Therefore, I highly recommend that anyone who's using
>>>> mythconverg_restore.pl download the current one as described
>>>> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Database_Backup_and_Restore .
>>>>
>>>> Specifically,
>>>> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Database_Backup_and_Restore#Replacing_an_existing_database.
>>>> I did end up grabbing the current one from the wiki.
>>> The --drop-database --create-database (or whatever they were)
>>> switches didn't work for me so I used the mc.sql to create the empty
>>> DB.
>> Yeah, --drop-database --create-database will only work if a
>> mythconverg database already exists, so perhaps there was none? It's
>> primary purpose is to prevent problems when a distro creates a
>> database and database user and specifies a password/permissions for
>> that user. Since mc.sql creates a user and password, it can break
>> the distro-expected permissions and cause problems, so
>> --drop-database --create-database just allow the user to ignore the
>> whole database permissions issue. But if you've got it all working,
>> having used mc.sql isn't a problem (it's actually the way you were
>> supposed to do things in 0.23-fixes and below).
>>
>> Glad you've got it working.
>> I assume one was created when I installed mythtv.
> I ran the script before I ran mythtv-setup.
> --verbose reported them as unknown command(s) (among other issues).
I should really verify spelling before sending e-mails... It's actually
underscores. Fixed the wiki page.
Thanks
Mike
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