[mythtv-users] Easy way to switch between 0.27 / 0.28 FE only
Stephen Worthington
stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz
Tue Oct 27 13:27:08 UTC 2015
On Tue, 27 Oct 2015 10:46:34 +0000, you wrote:
>Mark <perkins1724 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> When Im testing I think I would like to grab one of the unused 0.27 main frontends, toggle it to 0.28, point it to the test server and test a bit of livetv, and then toggle it back to 0.27 and point it back to the main BE for the next person who sits down.
>
>If you have the disk space, I'd rearrange things a little so you can dual-boot the machine. Have it default to booting into 0.27 for the [W|G|SO]AF, but also have a complete separate OS installation you can boot from for testing.
The frontend is tied to the frontend user. I have had two 0.27
frontends working on the same PC by running them as different users.
One was talking to the backend on the same box, and the other to a
different backend box. I am not sure if that would work for different
versions though.
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