[mythtv-users] Backend DB migration--replace or just restore?

[DryHeat122]

On Sat, Jul 25, 2020 at 12:37 PM Bill Meek <keemllib at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 7/25/20 2:26 PM, DryHeat122 wrote:
> > On Sat, Jul 25, 2020 at 12:11 PM Bill Meek <keemllib at gmail.com <mailto:
> keemllib at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     On 7/25/20 2:03 PM, DryHeat122 wrote:
> >      > sudo updatedb && locate -b "\config.xml
> >
> >     But did the above return anything other than the one in
> ~mythtv/.mythtv ?
> >     Probably will be one in /usr/share too, but that's used during
> >     installation.
> >
> >     --
> >     Bill
> >
> > Yes there are config.xml files in /etc/mythtv,
> /home/mythtv/.mythtv,/home/steve/.mythtv, and /usr/share/mythtv.  This is
> not good, it take it.
> > Maybe it's why I can't run mythtv-setup as user mythtv (in order to set
> up xmltv), something I just posted another thread about.
>
> That's *perfect*, maybe. The entries in ~ and ~mythtv should be symbolic
> links to
> the one in /etc/mythtv. I'm asking because it's common for one of those
> links to
> be broken and be replaced by a file and I've never been able to find out
> why.
>
> This please:
>
>    ls -ld /etc/mythtv/config.xml {~,~mythtv}/.mythtv/config.xml
>

-rw-rw---- 1 mythtv mythtv 452 Jul 25 07:54 /etc/mythtv/config.xml
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root   root    22 Jul 25 07:54 /home/mythtv/.mythtv/config.xml
-> /etc/mythtv/config.xml
-rw-rw-r-- 1 steve  steve  565 Jul 25 11:23 /home/steve/.mythtv/config.xml
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