[mythtv-users] MythTV not really deleting files

[Timothy Witham]

On 1/31/24 08:31, Peter Bennett wrote:
>
> On 1/31/24 01:39, Timothy Witham wrote:
>> Since I was in perl and not SQL, I opted to do this like 
>> flush_deleted_recgroup.pl did.  This mostly worked, it caused backend 
>> to start deleting the files one by one.  But after several dozen, he 
>> started complaining:
>>
>> Jan 30 13:27:59 mythtv mythbackend: mythbackend[2980]: E DeleteThread 
>> mythdbcon.cpp:238 (OpenDatabase) [DBManager870] Unable to connect to 
>> database!
>> Jan 30 13:27:59 mythtv mythbackend: mythbackend[2980]: E DeleteThread 
>> mythdbcon.cpp:239 (OpenDatabase) Driver error was 
>> [1/1040]:#012QMYSQL: Unable to connect#012Database error was:#012Too 
>> many connections
>> Jan 30 13:27:59 mythtv mythbackend: mythbackend[2980]: E DeleteThread 
>> mainserver.cpp:2411 (DoDeleteThread) MainServer: ERROR opening 
>> database connection for Delete Thread for chanid 1181 recorded at 
>> 2021-01-20T14:30:00Z.  Program will NOT be deleted.
>>
>> Does this indicate a bug that each delete is a new connection that 
>> doesn't close?  Or did I do something wrong?  Backend restart got the 
>> deletes going again.
>
> What version of MythTV are you running? I remember this bug was 
> reported years ago and was  fixed. Maybe the bug is back?
>
mythbackend version: fixes/33 
[v33.1+fixes.202401260819.512d723c83~ubuntu20.04.1] www.mythtv.org

-Tim