[mythtv] external channel change program

[M. Barnabas Luntzel]

On Mar 1, 2006, at 1:15 AM, Axel Thimm wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 03:21:33PM -0500, Isaac Richards wrote:
>> On Tuesday 28 February 2006 15:16, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>>> On 02/28/2006 02:57 PM, Chris Bagwell wrote:
>>>>> the "external channel change" section of mythtv-setup is gone.
>>>>
>>>> I just noticed this myself as well.  I installed MythTV from SVN  
>>>> about
>>>> 2 weeks before 0.19 was released.  The externalcommand field was
>>>> accessable at that point.
>>>>
>>>> Then I corrupted my database this week and thought the fastest  
>>>> thing
>>>> to do was delete it and recreated it.  I noticed that I couldn't
>>>> set the externalcommand field.  Thought I was going crazy for a  
>>>> couple
>>>> of days.
>>>>
>>>> I've tracked it down kinda to CardInput::cardInput(isDVBcard) and
>>>> to the only place I see that being created.  cardutil.cpp's
>>>> CardUtil::GetCardInput() always creates a CardInput with a value
>>>> of "true" which means it always thinks its a DVB card.
>>>>
>>>> Havne't had time to look at SVN history yet.  I was thinking about
>>>> just hacking the code to get my database created correctly for
>>>> now.
>>>
>>> Yeah.  I was debugging it myself, since this is about the 4th  
>>> time I've
>>> seen it mentioned.  I came to the same conclusion and was just  
>>> writing
>>> up a response when I saw your message.
>>>
>>> It seems it was broken by a typo in [8989].  The attached patch  
>>> fixes it
>>> for non-DVB cards, but I don't know if it's the correct fix.  It may
>>> break DVB cards, so I would appreciate any feedback from DVB users.
>>
>> This happened post-0.19, though, wasn't merged into -fixes, and  
>> yet the
>> reports are from people using the rpms?
>
> The rpms have only -fixes bits in them. Maybe the poster had a mixed
> svn self-built, partly overwritten by packages setup (half /usr, half
> /usr/local)?
> -- 
> Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
> _____________________________________________

yeah that is entirely possible. I thought I cleaned everything out,  
but then I had restored my /usr/local/ so there may have been some  
remnants lying about. anyway things seem to be back to tasty  
goodness. thanks everybody.