[mythtv-users] Mythbuntu 0.26 Update

Scott harris scott.harris0509 at gmail.com
Thu Oct 4 22:25:07 UTC 2012


>>>>> it didn't work for the guy above.  His system got upgraded to 0.27.
>>>>> Granted
>>>>> he can fall back to 0.26 without any DB issues.  However, if there is 
>>>>> an
>>>>> eventual change to 0.27's DB or 0.28 and this happens again, it could 
>>>>> be
>>>>> a
>>>>> bad time recovering data.  It was just a thought to have a nice public
>>>>> announcement.
>>>> But that wasn't caused by an issue with the control centre, it was
>>>> caused by an issue with the PPA, which Mario has fixed so it won't
>>>> happen again.
>>>
>>> Correct, but he no doubt used MCC to upgrade to 0.26.  Shouldn't there 
>>> be an
>>> official announcement when that "officially" works?  I'm not trying to 
>>> be
>>> difficult, just asking a question.
>> That always officially works. Selecting 0.26 at any time will always
>> get you 0.26, and will never* get you 0.27 (or anything else).
>>
>> * Never, because there was a bug in the build script that pulled in a
>> 0.27 build which is what Mario fixed so it won't happen again. eg. The
>> 0.27 PPA won't get any builds of 0.28, ever.

>Meaning, AIUI, that today, when the OP gets/got his update, he will get/got 
>one whose --version output correctly says 0.26.  (And, in all reality, he 
>basically had 0.26 in all but name/--version output.)  So, he never really 
>got "upgraded" to the wrong branch/version--just got a version 
>whose --version was confusing/scary.

>Mike

As "The guy above / OP" :) I can confirm that today's update resolved it.

mythfrontend --version....

MythTV Version : v0.26.0-2-ga49c750
MythTV Branch : fixes/0.26
Network Protocol : 75
Library API : 0.26.20120822-1
QT Version : 4.8.1

Thanks Mythbuntu team for fixing it and Michael for allowing me to sleep 
last night with you birdie's words.




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