[mythtv] SVN won't delete symlinks

[Dan Wilga]

At 3:37 PM -0400 8/7/06, Chris Pinkham wrote:
>Run the backend with the "-v file" option and look in the logs to see
>if you see any messages relating to deleting the file or symlink.

I believe I found the reason for the problem, and why it only happens 
sometimes: Myth is failing to resolve relative symlinks.

In my setup, I have my recordings stored in /media/record, and an 
NFS-mounted folder at /media/nfs to move them to when the main HD 
becomes to full. I create symlinks like:

   something.nuv -> ../nfs/something.nuv

Here's the output of 'mythbackend -v file':

2006-08-11 08:17:22.991 About to unlink/delete file: 
'/media/record/3332_20060518165900.nuv'
2006-08-11 08:17:22.999 Error deleting 
'../nfs/3332_20060518165900.nuv' could not open
                         eno: No such file or directory (2)
2006-08-11 08:17:23.006 Delete Error 
'/media/record/3332_20060518165900.nuv' -> 
'../nfs/3332_20060518165900.nuv'
                         eno: No such file or directory (2)
2006-08-11 08:17:23.015 Error deleting file: 
/media/record/3332_20060518165900.nuv. Keeping metadata in database.

This suggests that Myth is trying to delete the file using ".." in 
the path, which is incorrect because mythbackend was not started in 
/media/record. To confirm this theory, I stopped mythbackend, cd'd to 
/media/record, restarted it, and then deleted the recording. It 
worked.

Interestingly, this also explains why previous versions of MythTV 
would delete the symlink but not the original file. The difference is 
that the older versions would try to delete the real file, fail, and 
then delete the symlink and meta data anyway. The way it's done now 
is obviously an improvement.

-- 
Dan Wilga                                                        "Ook."