[mythtv-users] mythbuntu-repos: "You have selected a development version!"

Thomas Mashos thomas at mashos.com
Mon Apr 16 14:31:31 UTC 2012


On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 7:02 AM, Andrew McCauley <ajmccauley at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Apr 16, 2012 6:31 AM, "Thomas Boehm" <mythtv-users at lists.boehmi.net>
> wrote:
>>
>> I'm just about to upgrade to 0.25 and get the message "You have selected
>> a development version!" when I run "dpkg-reconfigure mythbuntu-repos"
>> and chose 0.25. This needs to be corrected to avoid confusion.
>>
>> It's gtting worse on the next page. There it recommends to use 0.23.
>>
>> "You have selected a version of MythTV that is still in development. It
>> is recommended that you go back and select 0.23. Only continue if you
>> are really sure you want this version. If you have any doubt, don't
>> enter YouMustBeThisTallToRide below and instead please click back and
>> select 0.23. Things may break or not work as desired with this version.
>> To continue with this version please type in the password below to
>> activate the development build.
>>
>> The development version has been selected!"
>
> I had the same messages come up with mythbuntu.  I went back and selected
> .24, ran sudo apt-get update,  sudo apt-get upgrade, thinking that the
> system did not get the message that .25 has been released.  I had not done
> an update for several months.  The I ran sudo dpkg-reconfigure
> mythbuntu-repos  and did not get the development warning.
>
> At that point I ran sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get dist-upgrade and
> the upgrade went without a hitch.
>
> Andrew
>
>
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Yep, you need to update the machine so it pulls down the new version
of mythbuntu-repos. And dist-upgrade is the correct way to upgrade
from the command line when you are changing versions as it needs to
install new packages.


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