[mythtv-commits] Ticket #3167: MythArchive: machine hangs/crashes if working directory contains a trailing "/" character

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#3167: MythArchive:  machine hangs/crashes if working directory contains a
trailing "/" character
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 Reporter:  briand <turbo at talstar.com>  |       Owner:  paulh  
     Type:  defect                      |      Status:  new    
 Priority:  major                       |   Milestone:  unknown
Component:  mytharchive                 |     Version:  head   
 Severity:  high                        |  
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 It looks like most of MythArchive can contend with a trailing '/'
 character specified in setup, but the process will fail when trying to
 create chapter thumbnails.   When it fails, there is no error message
 generated, no core files created, no segfault -- it just stops.   Any
 processes that were running either stop running or stop being responsive
 (I was logged out of my ssh session and couldn't reconnect to the myth
 box), requiring use of the "big red switch" to recover.

 Removing the trailing '/' character from the path on subsequent tries
 allows the process to proceed as expected without hanging the machine.
 Perhaps the setup can detect & remove any trailing '/' characters on this
 setting before saving to the database.

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