[mythtv-users] find_orphans.py tries to connect to invalid host

[Mike Perkins]

On 22/02/15 10:40, Robin Gilks wrote:
> I've turned on logging after a gap of a couple of years and am tracking
> down a few errors being reported - I'm on 0.27.4. One was what looks like
> orphan files.
>
> I grabbed find_orphans.py but when I run it I get the following error(s)
>
>
> $ ./find_orphans.py
> 2015-02-22 23:36:37.574188 C [19654] Python Backend Connection Couldn't
> connect to backend [192.168.1.33]:6543
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>    File "./find_orphans.py", line 313, in <module>
>      main()
>    File "./find_orphans.py", line 269, in main
>      results = populate(host)
>    File "./find_orphans.py", line 26, in __call__
>      return self._instance()
>    File "./find_orphans.py", line 137, in __call__
>      self.refresh_content()
>    File "./find_orphans.py", line 181, in refresh_content
>      elif rec.doubleorphan:
>    File "./find_orphans.py", line 62, in doubleorphan
>      return self.deletepending and ((datetime.now - self.lastmodified).days
>> 1)
> TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for -: 'instancemethod' and 'datetime'
>
> What is particularly odd is that the IP address 192.168.1.33 was assigned
> to my very first *front*end but hasn't been in use for some 3-4 years so
> why is is the script try to connect to it?
>
> The backend is on 192.168.1.10 but I can't find anything on the system
> that actually defines that (config.xml defines the database *NOT* the
> backend address).
>
>
I would guess that the script accesses the database and then looks for all the 
hosts that have backends defined. It is likely that there are settings still in 
existence for your old host, which is why the script complains.

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Mike Perkins