[mythtv-users] Copy frontend settings to new frontend keeping both

[R. G. Newbury]

On 10/26/2015 11:51 AM, Kirk Bocek wrote:
>
>
> On 10/26/2015 8:22 AM, Myth TV wrote:
>> I know the right answer is to never modify the database directly, but
>> I have done this in the past:
>>
>> Connect to the DB and then:
>> INSERT INTO mythconverg.settings SELECT value,data,'<new frontend
>> name>' FROM
>> mythconverg.settings WHERE hostname = '<existing frontend name>';
>>
>
> *I* didn't want to say this. But I've done this too. We will, however,
> be castigated by the devs for direct database manipulation.

  No. Not going to happen.
  You should know by now that the sadist's proper
  response to the masochist's request for punishment, is a quiet 'No'

  And living that dangerously is definitely masochistic. As for me, I 
love the adrenalin rush!


G.