[mythtv-commits] Ticket #11280: backend wrongly mentions Empty LocalHostName.

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#11280: backend wrongly mentions Empty LocalHostName.
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 Reporter:  udovdh@…              |          Owner:
     Type:  Bug Report - General  |         Status:  closed
 Priority:  minor                 |      Milestone:  unknown
Component:  MythTV - General      |        Version:  0.26-fixes
 Severity:  medium                |     Resolution:  Invalid
 Keywords:                        |  Ticket locked:  0
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Comment (by udovdh@…):

 It might be expected behaviour but it is wrong and unhelpful as I already
 explained.

 I fill LocalHostName in config.xml.
 The software simply discards the value for some reason and says
 LocalHostName is empty.
 Exactly THAT is wrong.
 Because the system is 'misconfigured' as you write we need better messages
 than this when the backend does stuff behind the smokescreens.
 It should say that the LocalHostName is invalid.
 It should say that the LocalHostName is not found in /etc/hosts or
 wherever.
 Or say whatever explaining why the input from config.xml (easy human-
 friendly format... NOT!) is not acceptible.
 See the 80/20 rule: 20% is functional code, the rest is errorchecking and
 errorhandling.

 Please skip the mantra.
 You know the code is sloppy.
 And it shows here again.
 I offered to pay to fix stuff in the past.
 I even paid for feature.
 So what about it?
 There's issues like this one.
 There's probably still leaks.

 And please do not forget that english, let alone, ameriglish, is not my
 first lanuguage.

 I will not spend any time on this blatant issue.

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