mythtv 0.19 problems...

gopher2 · n00b Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 38

my guess not passing arguments to the add user program...
but how to fix i dont know...
any ideas????

>>> Completed installing mythtv-0.19 into /var/tmp/portage/mythtv-0.19/image/

>>> Merging media-tv/mythtv-0.19 to /
* Adding user 'mythtv' to your system ...
* - Userid: 101
* - Shell: /bin/false
* - Home: /dev/null
* - Groups: video
* - Extra: audio
Usage: useradd [-u uid [-o]] [-g group] [-G group,...]
[-d home] [-s shell] [-c comment] [-m [-k template]]
[-f inactive] [-e expire]
[-p passwd] name
useradd -D [-g group] [-b base] [-s shell]
[-f inactive] [-e expire]

!!! ERROR: media-tv/mythtv-0.19 failed.
!!! Function enewuser, Line 624, Exitcode 2
!!! enewuser failed
!!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message.

!!! FAILED preinst: 1
localhost ~ #

poltawski · n00b Joined: 02 Nov 2004 Posts: 9

I suspect you can get round the problem by manually creating a user with those given paramaters. I suspect the useradd syntax has changed slightly recently.

platojones · Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 5:49 pm Post subject:

I just got the same error. Nothing in bugzilla about it yet. It looks like the fault may be the portage enewuser function.

platojones · Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 6:07 pm Post subject:

UPDATE: Fixed. There was a bug already out there that my search (for some very mysterious reason) failed to find. Already fixed in portage. Here it is:
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=123201

I just filled a bug report on this. May be something else to blame other than the ebuild, but here it is if anybody is interested:

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=123296

DesertFox · n00b Joined: 14 Nov 2002 Posts: 53

So, just a quick question. Do I need to wait another 3 hours while mythtv recompiles, or with the new ebuild can I specify the already compiled mythtv-0.19 in /var and install that?

twistor · n00b Joined: 30 Aug 2004 Posts: 41