[mythtv-users] [mythtv-commits] Ticket #7542: mythtv-setup should not use LocalHostName
Michael T. Dean
mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Wed Nov 11 22:54:24 UTC 2009
On 11/11/2009 04:07 PM, Brian J. Murrell wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-11-11 at 15:29 -0500, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>
>> Moving to mythtv-users, then.
>>
> OK.
>
>> The LocalHostName in mysql.txt is an override. If you do not want to
>> override the system hostname, do not set it. That's why it's shown in
>> the example mysql.txt distributed with mythtv as:
>>
>> # Set the following if you want to use something other than the
>> # machine's real hostname for identifying settings in the database.
>> # This is useful if your hostname changes often, as otherwise
>> # you'll need to reconfigure mythtv (or futz with the DB) every time.
>> # TWO HOSTS MUST NOT USE THE SAME VALUE
>> #
>> #LocalHostName=my-unique-identifier-goes-here
>>
> Yeah. I guess the real problem here is that this is a per-machine
> configuration item being stored in a per-user location. Would you
> agree?
>
>> It sounds like you just want to use the machine's real hostname.
>>
>
> Probably. I guess it was my understanding that if this value was not
> set, no name would be used when fetching and storing values to the
> settings table and and all FEs would use a common set of options --
> which for different arrays of FE hardware, is just not viable.
>
No, if that override isn't set, it uses the same hostname value that you
get when you run the hostname command.
> Thus the desire to set a name, per FE. But really this should be set
> for the FE *machine*, not stored in the preferences for the user that
> "mostly" uses that machine.
But, as described in the comments from the mysql.txt, above, it's just
an override for when your hostname isn't correct. You don't want--nor
need it. Just comment or remove that line.
I'll admit that the comment doesn't explain how it works--but then
again, doing so would require explaining how settings work and a lot
more, so it probably doesn't make sense to make it more descriptive.
Mike
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