mythtv-backend needs to check for 'mythtv' home directory

[gerk]

Binary package hint: mythtv

Ubuntu release: 9.04

Package: mythtv-backend_0.21.0+fixes19961-0ubuntu8_i386.deb

Error text in /var/log/apt/term.log:

* MythTV home directory, /home/mythtv does not exist.
invoke-rc.d: initscript mythtv-backend, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing mythtv-backend (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mythtv-backend-master:
 mythtv-backend-master depends on mythtv-backend (= 0.21.0+fixes19961-0ubuntu8); however:
  Package mythtv-backend is not configured yet.

Preconditions: user mythtv and group mythtv already present in /etc/passwd and /etc/group (for nfs mappings), however there was no home directory for user mythtv.

After adding a home dir in /home/mythtv, the problem disappeared.

Possible solution:
on installing, check uid and gid but also check if homedir for mythtv exists and is writable

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: mythtv-backend 0.21.0+fixes19961-0ubuntu8
SourcePackage: mythtv
Title: package mythtv-backend 0.21.0+fixes19961-0ubuntu8 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686

[Mario Limonciello (superm1)]

This is fixed in the current 9.10 package actually by this snippet in the init script.

if [ ! -d $USER_HOME ]; then
        mkdir -p $USER_HOME
fi

#create a symbolic link for mysql.txt so it can't be overwritten
mkdir -p $USER_HOME/.mythtv
chown -R $USER $USER_HOME/.mythtv
if [ ! -e $USER_HOME/.mythtv/mysql.txt ]; then
        ln -s /etc/mythtv/mysql.txt $USER_HOME/.mythtv/mysql.txt
fi