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

[Michael T. Dean]

  On 07/07/2010 12:19 AM, Clay wrote:
> Michael T. Dean wrote:
>>  On 07/06/2010 11:36 AM, Clay wrote:
>>> Michael T. Dean wrote:
>>>> 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. 
>>>> I did end up grabbing the current one from the wiki.
>>> The --drop-database --create-database (or whatever they were) 
>>> switches didn't work for me so I used the mc.sql to create the empty 
>>> DB.
>> Yeah, --drop-database --create-database will only work if a 
>> mythconverg database already exists, so perhaps there was none?  It's 
>> primary purpose is to prevent problems when a distro creates a 
>> database and database user and specifies a password/permissions for 
>> that user.  Since mc.sql creates a user and password, it can break 
>> the distro-expected permissions and cause problems, so 
>> --drop-database --create-database just allow the user to ignore the 
>> whole database permissions issue.  But if you've got it all working, 
>> having used mc.sql isn't a problem (it's actually the way you were 
>> supposed to do things in 0.23-fixes and below).
>>
>> Glad you've got it working.
>> I assume one was created when I installed mythtv.
> I ran the script before I ran mythtv-setup.
> --verbose reported them as unknown command(s) (among other issues).

I should really verify spelling before sending e-mails...  It's actually 
underscores.  Fixed the wiki page.

Thanks
Mike