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

[Bill Meek]

On Wednesday 26 April 2023 06:31:06 AM (-05:00), James Abernathy wrote:


> On Tue, Apr 25, 2023 at 1:52 PM James Abernathy

> wrote:

>

> >

> >

> > On Tue, Apr 25, 2023, 1:46 PM Mike Perkins

> > wrote:

> >

> >> On 25/04/2023 12:24, James Abernathy wrote:

> >> > On Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 7:44 PM James Abernathy

> >> > wrote:

> >> >

> >> >>

> >> >>

> >> >> On Mon, Apr 24, 2023, 7:32 PM Bill Meek wrote:

> >> >>

> >> >>>

> >> >>> 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


> >> >>> option is specified (and it wasn't in mythtv-common.postinst).

> >> >>>

> >> >>> Just pushed the fix for v33 and master.

> >> >>> --

> >> >>> Bill

> >> >>>

> >> >>

> >> >> Thanks. I'll retest tomorrow. I'm trying to update my RPI4 instructions

> >> >> for Ubuntu 23.04 and MythTV v33. Should be almost identical to Ubuntu

> >> 22.10.

> >> >>

> >> >> Jim A

> >> >>

> >> >

> >> > Not sure if I waited long enough? but at 7:20AM EDT this morning I tried

> >> > again on a fresh install of Ubuntu23.04 on my Raspberry Pi 4 and got the

> >> > same /nonexistent/.mythtv directory stuff. When should I try??

> >> >

> >> > Jim A

> >> >

> >> Alternatively you could just create the mythtv user yourself (with

> >> sensible arguments) before

> >> running that step.

> >>

> >> --

> >>

> >> Mike Perkins

> >

> >

> I think it's been long enough that the updates should have made it out of

> the system. I did a fresh VM of Ubuntu 23.04 and then did:

>

> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mythbuntu/33

>

> apt-cache policy mythtv show:

>

> Candidate: 2:33.1+fixes.202304240647.c4b7e4c433~ubuntu23.04.1

>

> I then did:

>

> sudo apt install mythtv

>

> The only question during install was "Will other computers run MythTV?" and

> I said yes.

>

> I ran mythtv-setup next and it asked about adding user to mythv.

>

> After reboot there was no /home/mythtv only /nonexistent/.mythtv

>

> in /etc/passwd:

>

> mythtv:x:125:131 ::/nonexistent:/bin/sh

>

> Obviously, I could have created the user ahead of time, but that's a new

> step to document:

>

> sudo useradd -m -s /bin/bash mythtv

>

> Did this change not really make it out yet??

>

> Jim A

>


No, I reverted the patch last night. Builds are failing: https://launchpad.net/~mythbuntu/+archive/ubuntu/33/
The patch itself is very simple itself. Hang on.

-- 
Bill
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