[mythtv-users] database on 32/fixes

[Stuart Auchterlonie]

On 25/04/2022 10:04, Mike Perkins wrote:
> On 25/04/2022 07:15, James wrote:
>>
>>
>>> On 25 Apr 2022, at 1:47 pm, Stephen Worthington 
>>> <stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz> wrote:
>>>
>>> The tables for the mythmusic plugin are not created in an empty
>>> database.  You have to install the frontend only mythmusic plugin and
>>> then run mythfrontend.  On the first run of the mythmusic plugin, it
>>> will create the music tables, or upgrade them to the latest schema if
>>> they already exist.
>>
>> That makes sense, but it is silly for mythweb to have such a prerequesit
>>
> Indeed. On my system Mythweb runs on a headless master backend, where 
> there is no requirement for any plugins and it makes no sense to install 
> any. In fact, pulling the backend out of its rack and connecting a 
> keyboard and monitor just to install mythmusic would be a major 
> operation. Running the frontend remotely would be almost as difficult.
> 
> I do not use mythmusic or any plugins at all so this requirement does 
> seem unusual.
> 

If somebody would like to write a patch so that mythweb doesn't fail
if these tables are missing (just disables the relevant functionality)
then we can look at merging that


Regards
Stuart