[mythtv-users] Mythtv v31 update failure

[Jim Abernathy]

On 3/6/20 11:27 AM, Bill Meek wrote:
> On 3/6/20 7:59 AM, Tim Pletcher wrote:
>> On Fri, Mar 6, 2020 at 5:30 AM James Abernathy <jfabernathy at gmail.com 
>> <mailto:jfabernathy at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     just ran an update this morning on v31 and I got a failure on 
>> mythweb again after I got it fixed the other day. the reset of mythtv 
>> updated
>>     to 2:31.0+fixes.202003051106.1460627~ubuntu18.04.1
>>     console log:
>>     Removing mythweb 
>> (2:31.0+fixes.202003030929.54a568d~ubuntu18.04.1) ...
>>     /var/lib/dpkg/info/mythweb.postrm: 34: 
>> /var/lib/dpkg/info/mythweb.postrm: Syntax error: newline unexpected 
>> (expecting ")")
>>     dpkg: error processing package mythweb (--remove):
>>       installed mythweb package post-removal script subprocess 
>> returned error exit status 2
>>     Errors were encountered while processing:
>>       mythweb
>>     E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>>
>> I received the same error today on my 18.04 installation with 31/fixes.
>>
>> There is still an errant ;; in line 31 of the file 
>> /var/lib/dpkg/info/mythweb.postrm.  I edited this file to comment out 
>> the offending line.  After doing so, 'apt get upgrade' will upgrade 
>> mythweb without issue.
>
>
> I'm off to a meeting, will look at this later.
>
> Just checked and the fix to remove the ;; is still in place in 
> MythTV's packaging tree.
> That's for master and v31. I can't explain why it doesn't appear for 
> everyone.
>
> As to the 'php: not found' error, the php-mythtv package is required 
> in the control
> file. Need to know if php (not php5) is included in that (it appears 
> not, or it's
> getting installed after I try to use it.)
>
> The intent of the php test is to install 'max_input_vars = 10000', 
> which wasn't being
> put in the right place. php -r 'echo PHP_MAJOR_VERSION, ".", 
> PHP_MINOR_VERSION;’


So it's a problem with php 7.2 not being installed?

I thought I may have screwed up by only installing the minimal Ubuntu 
18.04 instead of the Normal installation.

I started over with Normal Installation and got the same results.  After 
I got the apt database fixed and installed php7.2 as reinstall of 
mythplugins worked fine.

Jim A