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

[James Abernathy]

On Wed, Apr 26, 2023 at 8:37 AM Bill Meek <keemllib at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>

No problem, thanks.

Jim A
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