[mythtv-users] 'Rollbackable' Ubuntu upgrade to 0.21

Mario Limonciello mario.mailing at gmail.com
Thu Mar 20 00:48:25 UTC 2008


John Veness wrote:
> I run packaged versions of MythTV on Ubuntu 7.10. I'm currently on 
> 0.20.2 from gutsy-updates, and am thinking of upgrading to 0.21 from 
> gutsy-backports.
> 
> Being the cautious sort, and because I only have the single production 
> box, I'd like to be able to roll back the upgrade if it doesn't work 
> out. I know how to backup and restore the database, but I'm unsure about 
> the packages.
> 
> How would I uninstall the new packages from gutsy-backports and 
> reinstall the old ones from gutsy-updates, either via the command-line 
> or point-and-click in Synaptic?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> John
> 
Hi,

The DB backup is handled automatically by myth.  If you end up needing to
restore the packages, you can disable gutsy-backports and then go to synaptic
and roll back versions.  The db can be restored via phpmyadmin for a GUI or the
mysql cmd line tool.

-- 
Mario Limonciello
mario.mailing at gmail.com

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