[Bug 326702] [NEW] MythTV creates files in /home even if mount /home fails

[Will Uther]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: mythtv-backend

I've been having some difficulty with the filesystem I'm using for
/home.  This means that that filesystem has occasionally failed to
mount.  This is annoying, but it interacts with /etc/init.d/mythtv-
backend in a bad way too...

If /home doesn't mount, the mythtv-backend startup script runs anyway.
And that startup script, on line 51, does this:

mkdir -p $USER_HOME/.mythtv

which, because of the -p option, creates files in /home even if
$USER_HOME doesn't exist (because the mount failed).

This causes all future attempts to mount /home to fail!  (until the
newly created files are removed.)

Might I suggest that the '-p' option here be removed.  If $USER_HOME
exists, this will still create the .mythtv directory, but if /home isn't
mounted then nothing bogus will be created.

This is on jaunty with mythtv-backend version 0.21.0+fixes19556-0ubuntu6

** Affects: mythtv (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: mythtv-backend
  
  I've been having some difficulty with the filesystem I'm using for
  /home.  This means that that filesystem has occasionally failed to
  mount.  This is annoying, but it interacts with /etc/init.d/mythtv-
  backend in a bad way too...
  
  If /home doesn't mount, the mythtv-backend startup script runs anyway.
  And that startup script, on line 51, does this:
  
  mkdir -p $USER_HOME/.mythtv
  
  which, because of the -p option, creates files in /home even if
  $USER_HOME doesn't exist (because the mount failed).
  
  This causes all future attempts to mount /home to fail!  (until the
  newly created files are removed.)
  
  Might I suggest that the '-p' option here be removed.  If $USER_HOME
  exists, this will still create the .mythtv directory, but if /home isn't
  mounted then nothing bogus will be created.
+ 
+ This is on jaunty with mythtv-backend version 0.21.0+fixes19556-0ubuntu6

-- 
MythTV creates files in /home even if mount /home fails
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/326702
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

-- 
ubuntu-bugs mailing list
ubuntu-bugs at lists.ubuntu.com
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs