[mythtv-users] Where did mythconverg_restore.pl go?

Mike McMullin mwmcmlln at mnsi.net
Tue Jul 6 21:09:01 UTC 2010


On Tue, 2010-07-06 at 09:49 -0400, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 07/06/2010 12:19 AM, Nick Rout wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 3:28 PM, Clay wrote:
> >> I'm putting together a new master backend to put in place of my existing
> >> backend, and upgrading from 0.21 to 0.23.
> >> I've installed from JYA's repos and now it's time to restore the database...
> >> and I can't find mythconverg_restore.pl.
> >> What directory is it in these days?
> > /usr/share/mythtv/mythconverg_restore.pl
> >
> > or if for some reason it is not there the wiki page has a direct link
> > to the current version in svn:
> >
> > http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Database_Backup_and_Restore
> 
> You're better off with the trunk version linked from the wiki page, 
> anyway--even for those users on 0.23-fixes whose distros provide 
> mythconverg_restore.pl, it makes sense to download 
> mythconverg_restore.pl to your home directory and use it.  There are 
> changes in the trunk version which make restoring a database much easier 
> and less likely to break your distro's MySQL permissions configuration.
> 
> Therefore, I highly recommend that anyone who's using 
> mythconverg_restore.pl download the current one as described 
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Database_Backup_and_Restore .
> 
> Specifically, 
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Database_Backup_and_Restore#Replacing_an_existing_database.

  Is this the version that you have been working on?



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