[mythtv-users] To me this is a new introduced bug, or did something change

[Bill Meek]

On Monday 24 April 2023 04:27:10 PM (-05:00), James Abernathy wrote:

 > I tried to install mythtv on a Ubuntu 23.04 RPI4. Everything went as
 > expected until I tried to set up XMLTV according to the wiki. Lots of
 > problems.
 > 
 > Turns out the new Ubuntu PPA for v33 on Ubuntu for 23.04 install creates
 > the user "mythtv" with a home of /nonexistent as the directory. This 
messes
 > everything up. All the current instructions for setting up a backend 
with
 > XMLTV have to be changed or do as I did and fix the user mythtv back to
 > /home/mythtv as normal per the documentation.
 > 
 > What am I missing?
 > 
 > Jim A
 > 

Not a change in the v33 PPA. But it is now.
In 23.04, the adduser command creates system users with /nonexistant unless 
the --home <dir>
option is specified (and it wasn't in mythtv-common.postinst).

Just pushed the fix for v33 and master.
-- 
Bill