[mythtv-users] hdhrstreamhandler.cpp problem in build of Master for el7 - but not for F28

[Mike Bibbings]

On 19/11/2018 11:37, John Pilkington wrote:
> Resending, with added info, to the list.
>
> On 19/11/18 01:56, David Engel wrote:
>> On Sun, Nov 18, 2018 at 09:01:12PM +0000, John Pilkington wrote:
>>> On 18/11/18 20:45, David Engel wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> This problem should be fixed now.
>>>>
>>>> David
>>>>
>>> Thank you.  I've seen your other comments, and Gary's, and respect 
>>> them.  I
>>> just feel that catching problems early is a good thing.
>>>
>>> and, for me, here's another in the pipeline...
>>>
>>>> the upgrade path from KDE on RHEL 7 to GNOME on RHEL 8 is unsupported
>>>
>>> but f27 to f28 was fairly painless; so perhaps I'll go that way.
>>
>> My other comments really weren't aimed at you.  I apologize if it came
>> out that way.  They were mainly targeted at RedHat and to a lesser
>> extent at how MythTV "supports" distributions that tend to get out of
>> date quickly.
>>
>> If you're looking for an alternate, LTS distribution, you might
>> consider Ubuntu.  Because of past cooperation with MythBuntu and
>> Ubuntu proper, some project members work to coordinate our releases to
>> fit well with theirs.  As previously noted, I'm partial to Debian
>> because of it's backports support and ability to use even newer
>> packages when needed.  Full disclosure, I was a Debian developer for
>> several years in its very early days and still use it today.
>>
>> David
>>
> The new MythTV packages installed without drama and the system is 
> running.  Thanks again.
>
> I should have realised that the homerun packages come from EPEL, and 
> so are not a part of the el7 clone.  There may be a chance of getting 
> them upgraded.  I'll enquire.
>
> Yes, I have a couple of laptops on which I occasionally run 
> mythbackend and mythfrontend.real from the 30-pre ppa; but that has 
> not been updated since the ffmpeg refactor in April.  I know there's 
> an obvious response to that but my understanding of the ubuntu 
> environment is more limited.
>
> ----------
>
> I just rebuilt the  3 hdhomerun packages for el7 from the fc29 src.rpm
>
> mock --rebuild -r /etc/mock/SL-7x-fusion-x86_64.cfg 
> hdhomerun-0.0-0.35.20161117.fc29.src.rpm
>
> where SL7...cfg is a homebrew similar to /etc/mock/epel-7-x86_64.cfg
>
> No problems seen.  The 'request additional branch' process looks a bit 
> opaque, but a BZ might work.
>
> John


ppa:mythbuntu/30 is now updating, as of yesterday.

I presume whatever the problem was has now been fixed, for v30 release 
currently due December (only an ETA so may change).


Mike