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<DIV>Sorry about the double post. I have been having posting issues that I think I have resolved, and didn't see that the prior post made it to the list.</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks for the reply,</DIV>
<DIV>-Dwight<BR><BR>>>> On 3/17/2007 at 11:01 AM, in message <5387cd30703171101w4473350fhc51d52534a204097@mail.gmail.com>, Nick Morrott<knowledgejunkie@gmail.com> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 7px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 15px; BORDER-LEFT: #050505 1px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #f3f3f3">On 17/03/07, Dwight Morgan <dwightbulk@charter.net> wrote:<BR>><BR>><BR>> I upgraded to SVN trying to fix a HD problem, when in fact it was an OS<BR>> issue. I have fixed that issue, but not I on an SVN and would prefer to<BR>> step back to fixes or stable. Based on my myth version, how far back will<BR>> my DB let me go? Is there a good doc on going back before SVN? I am fine<BR>> other than the PMT issue, an maybe some scheduling issues, but I am tired of<BR>> waiting on a PMT fix, and I haven't developed the skills to go after it<BR>> myself.<BR>><BR>> Thanks,<BR>> -Dwight<BR>><BR>> Add Remove Programs indicates: .21-153<BR>> MythVersion: 0.20.2007.124-1<BR>> SVN<BR><BR>Note: Please don't repost the same message after a day. It will be seen.<BR><BR>I have not seen any HOWTOs on reverting backwards from SVN releases to<BR>stable releases - my own advice is to take a DB backup, extract any<BR>valuable information such as channels, recording rules, details of<BR>previously recorded programs, and then reinstall MythTV afresh. You<BR>may find yourself in a position if you can quickly revert a<BR>single/couple of DB updates, but the longer you run SVN for, the<BR>greater the number updates to the DB.<BR><BR>You can manually revert the database changes - but you need to know<BR>your current installed revision of MythTV (you need to find this<BR>information out as you seem to be using the atrpms.net builds from the<BR>info you provided), and the revision you wish to revert back to - I'm<BR>guessing <12619. You then need to check the relevant dbcheck.cpp file<BR>(either for trunk<BR>(http://cvs.mythtv.org/trac/browser/trunk/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/dbcheck.cpp)<BR>or for 0.20-fixes<BR>(http://cvs.mythtv.org/trac/browser/branches/release-0-20-fixes/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/dbcheck.cpp)<BR>) and determine which database updates need to be reversed.<BR><BR>As SVN regularly adds new DB schema updates to enable new<BR>functionality, it can frequently get to a point where it's quicker to<BR>start over than reverse dozens of schema updates.<BR><BR>Nick<BR>-- <BR>MythTV Official wiki:<BR><A href="http://mythtv.org/wiki/">http://mythtv.org/wiki/</A><BR>MythTV users list archive:<BR><A href="http://www.gossamer/">http://www.gossamer</A>-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users<BR><BR>"An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest." - Benjamin Franklin<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>mythtv-users mailing list<BR>mythtv-users@mythtv.org<BR><A href="http://mythtv.org/cgi">http://mythtv.org/cgi</A>-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users<BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>