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[Mario Limonciello <superm1@xxxxxxxxxx>]

So we're not changing back to supporting /etc/default/mythtv-backend anytime
soon.  As mentioned above, if you need extra options that don't make sense
in the general case, put them in the upstart job yourself.

I'm going to close this bug.  If there's a specific option that makes sense
to have for everyone sourcing a file for say proxy, then we can add that in.

On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 11:43, Mario Limonciello <superm1@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>
> On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 06:32, Brian J. Murrell <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 2010-11-17 at 04:44 +0000, Mario Limonciello wrote:
>> > A lot of the philosophy behind upstart is that the jobs are simple
>> > enough that local admins can make changes and easily be able to merge
>> > them if they update versions.
>>
>> Yeah.  The need to merge on every single update.  That's a PITA that
>> does not exist when these changes are sourced from a non-update (and
>> therefor non-conflict) location.
>>
>> > This doesn't sound like much of a regression across the old init.d
>> > script based on the above.
>>
>> It is when you account for the need to merge on every update vs. having
>> updates installed completely hands-off.
>>
>> Fortunately the scripts don't change very often.  You should only have to
> merge updates when they do.  Eg if you have auto-builds enabled, you
> shouldn't be having to change it daily.
>
>
>> > You still had to modify the init.d script to
>> > declare any proxy variables etc.
>>
>> No I didn't.  The old init.d used to source /etc/default/mythtv-backend
>> where such localizations could be maintained.
>>
>> /etc/default/mythtv-backend was subject to about the same amount of
> modifications I expect you'll see on the upstart job.  Once an a while
> maybe, but generally not too often.
>
>
> --
> Mario Limonciello
> superm1@xxxxxxxxx
>


-- 
Mario Limonciello
superm1@xxxxxxxxx

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can't set environment variables in startup
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/668810
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Status in Mythbuntu, Ubuntu derivative focused upon MythTV: Opinion

Bug description:
Since converting to an upstart job, the mythtv-backend start job is unable to specify environment variables to be set in the mythtv-backend process.  The example on hand is proxy setting variables.  My backend has to use a proxy in order to use the Internet and now there is no way to tell it short of hacking the upstart job itself, assuming I even understood it's syntax.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: mythtv-backend 0.23.1+fixes26732-0ubuntu0+mythbuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.43-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
.var.log.mythtv.mythbackend.log: 2010-10-30 13:11:40.330 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free Space: 1.0 GB w/freq: 15 min
Architecture: i386
CrashDB: mythbuntu
Date: Sat Oct 30 13:11:54 2010
Installed_mythplugins-dbg: 0.0
Installed_mythtv-dbg: 0.0
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_CA.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: mythtv