[mythtv-users] mythtv php8

[John Hoyt]

On Fri, Nov 24, 2023 at 6:39 AM John Hoyt <john.hoyt at gmail.com> wrote:

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

Sorry - I meant patch your iMac.
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