[mythtv] [PATCH] prompt before upgrading database
Jeremiah Morris
jm at whpress.com
Mon Oct 18 14:01:39 UTC 2004
On 17 Oct 2004, at 8:15 AM, Andrew Dennison wrote:
> I recnetly had an "incident" where I ran a cvs version of setup on my
> main system. The database schema was upgraded a few levels before I
> had realised what I'd done:0
>
> Attached patch (dbcheck0.diff) makes setup prompt before it starts the
> upgrade.
>
> dbcheck1.diff prevents mythbackend and mythfrontend from also updating
> the db - forces you to run setup if db isn't up to date. This may? not
> be acceptable so it's split into a separate patch.
I've had very similar "incidents" with a remote CVS frontend. I see
the value of having upgrades controlled by a single program, but setup,
in its current incarnation, isn't quite right. Setup isn't scriptable
and needs a GUI, so I couldn't integrate it as part of my backend
startup. My master backend acts as a dedicated Myth box and doesn't
even have a keyboard attached, so I don't want to connect up to it just
to run setup. Besides, one wrong keypress at the start of setup, and
all your settings are wiped -- I've had one of these "incidents" too.
I'd like to see setup take an "--upgrade-only" command-line option,
which does the DB upgrade but none of the other backend setup. On a
related note, a "--force" option to answer the beginning prompts with
the default values ('yes' to upgrade, 'no' to the table clearing
questions) would be useful too. With those options and Andrew's
patches, I can maintain a completely automatic backend without having
my experimental OS X frontend break the database.
If this sounds like an acceptable solution for everybody, I can submit
patches for the new options in setup. What do you think?
- Jeremiah
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