[mythtv-users] mythtv php8

[John Hoyt]

On Fri, Nov 24, 2023 at 2:12 AM James Linder <jam at tigger.ws> wrote:

> Hi all
> opinions please:
>
> Lots of help from Jim re endeverOS, but sadly no cigar. I’m sure its me
> not he (I was trying to build fixes/32).
>
> One frontend is a 2011 imac27 that can run upto High Sierra and I’m
> limited to fixes/32.
> I (re)built my backend server using openSuSE tumbleweed. It works great,
> uses php8, and in trying to set that up I discovered there is no
> mod_rewrite (which is a showstopper).
>
> So I see 2 options
>
> 1) use a VM to provide mythweb, while keeping fixes/32 on my backend
> machine.
>
> 2) migrate to master. Is the web backend a suitable replacement for
> mythweb?
>
> I can use a VM on the imac27 as a master frontend so that it's not a
> show-stopper that I cannot run master natively (the problem is significant
> - master and Xcode 9.4).
> I can and will build master in a VM but opinions will be greatly valued
> James
>

Have you considered option 3) Patch your VM with OpenCore to run a newer
version of macOS (
https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/MODELS.html#imac).  It
appears you can get it to run up to macOS 13 with caveats.
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