yes. Maybe I cause my own problems by too much "cleaning up" On Sunday, 1 November 2020 at 10:39:10 am UTC+10 alessandr...@gmail.com wrote:
> From the log of my upgrade below, you can clearly see that it says " *merging > previous and distribution into /etc/weewx/weewx.conf*". > If I answer NO to replace my weewx.conf I expect the previous version's > weewx.conf to be used, *untouched*. Instead, I found the station_type > changed to simulator, all the rest was exactly the same. > > Configuration file '/etc/weewx/weewx.conf' > ==> Modified (by you or by a script) since installation. > ==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version. > What would you like to do about it ? Your options are: > Y or I : install the package maintainer's version > N or O : keep your currently-installed version > D : show the differences between the versions > Z : start a shell to examine the situation > The default action is to keep your current version. > *** weewx.conf (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? N > Installing new version of config file /etc/weewx/weewx.conf.dist ... > saving previous config file as /etc/weewx/weewx.conf-4.1.1 > saving distribution config file as /etc/weewx/weewx.conf-4.2.0 > *merging previous and distribution into /etc/weewx/weewx.conf* > Using configuration file /etc/weewx/weewx.conf-4.1.1 > > On Sunday, November 1, 2020 at 1:28:54 AM UTC+1 Cameron D wrote: > >> There may be a bit of confusion in this thread about "merging". My >> understanding and experience is that with .DEB upgrades there is no >> automatic merging of config file changes. >> You run either with your old config or the new one. >> >> Every upgrade I do a manual check for changes and merge anything myself. >> One case is weewx.conf, which contains a version number, with the comment >> "*do not modify this*". >> So I modify it - such that my old config file matches the new version >> number. >> >> Cameron. >> >> On Saturday, 31 October 2020 at 11:49:44 am UTC+10 alessandr...@gmail.com >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Tom, >>> >>> I use ubuntu on an Intel NUC, with systemd, weewx 4.1 was installed as >>> package. >>> I followed the upgrade guide, here was the result: >>> >>> The following packages will be upgraded: >>> weewx >>> 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 33 not upgraded. >>> Need to get 1.207 kB of archives. >>> After this operation, 47,1 kB of additional disk space will be used. >>> Get:1 http://weewx.com/apt/python3 buster/main all weewx all 4.2.0-1 >>> [1.207 kB] >>> Fetched 1.207 kB in 6s (195 kB/s) >>> Requesting to save current system state >>> Successfully saved as "autozsys_sgety6" >>> Preconfiguring packages ... >>> (Reading database ... 245196 files and directories currently installed.) >>> Preparing to unpack .../archives/weewx_4.2.0-1_all.deb ... >>> Unpacking weewx (4.2.0-1) over (4.1.1-1) ... >>> Setting up weewx (4.2.0-1) ... >>> Installing new version of config file >>> /etc/weewx/skins/Seasons/current.inc ... >>> Installing new version of config file >>> /etc/weewx/skins/Seasons/rss.xml.tmpl ... >>> Installing new version of config file >>> /etc/weewx/skins/Seasons/seasons.js ... >>> Installing new version of config file >>> /etc/weewx/skins/Standard/index.html.tmpl ... >>> >>> Configuration file '/etc/weewx/weewx.conf' >>> ==> Modified (by you or by a script) since installation. >>> ==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version. >>> What would you like to do about it ? Your options are: >>> Y or I : install the package maintainer's version >>> N or O : keep your currently-installed version >>> D : show the differences between the versions >>> Z : start a shell to examine the situation >>> The default action is to keep your current version. >>> **** weewx.conf (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? N* >>> Installing new version of config file /etc/weewx/weewx.conf.dist ... >>> saving previous config file as /etc/weewx/weewx.conf-4.1.1 >>> saving distribution config file as /etc/weewx/weewx.conf-4.2.0 >>> merging previous and distribution into /etc/weewx/weewx.conf >>> Using configuration file /etc/weewx/weewx.conf-4.1.1 >>> *update-rc.d: error: unable to read /etc/init.d/weewx* >>> *dpkg: error processing package weewx (--configure):* >>> * installed weewx package post-installation script subprocess returned >>> error exit status 1* >>> Processing triggers for systemd (245.4-4ubuntu3.2) ... >>> Errors were encountered while processing: >>> weewx >>> ZSys is adding automatic system snapshot to GRUB menu >>> *E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)* >>> >>> No big issue regarding the missing /etc/init.d/weewx I guessed, the big >>> problem is that when weewx restarted I noticed totally wrong data. >>> >>> I quickly checked and compared the conf files, and I found out that >>> *station_type >>> = WeatherFlowUDP* was changed to *station_type = Simulator.* >>> I reverted it to the original value, but unfortunately I have 3-4 >>> minutes of bad data in the db now, and I also sent it to some weather >>> networks. >>> >>> Could this be due to the merging process of the conf files? >>> Is there a way I can fix the database removing those bad records? >>> >>> Thanks for any help on this. >>> >>> Alessandro >>> >>> On Tuesday, October 27, 2020 at 1:14:04 PM UTC+1 tke...@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>>> Some new features, fixes some bugs. >>>> >>>> See the *Upgrade Guide <http://www.weewx.com/docs/upgrading.htm>* for >>>> instructions on how to upgrade. >>>> >>>> CHANGE LOG >>>> >>>> CHANGES COMING! This is the last release that will support the LaCrosse >>>> WS23xx, >>>> Oregon WMR200 and WMR300 stations. In the future, they will be published as >>>> unsupported extensions. >>>> >>>> Made it easier to add new, derived types via StdWXCalculate. Fixes issue >>>> #491. >>>> >>>> Changed the tag system slightly in order to make it possible for the XTypes >>>> system to add new aggregations that take an argument. >>>> >>>> Added the new data types in the extended_wview schema to the WeeWX types >>>> system. Fixes issue #613. >>>> >>>> Added ability to label left, right or both y-axes of graphs. PR#610. >>>> Fixes issue #609. Thanks to user Brent Fraser! >>>> >>>> Added units and labels for the lightning data types. >>>> >>>> Fixed problem where threads attempt to access non-existent database. Fixes >>>> issue #579. >>>> >>>> Fixed problem that caused reporting units to revert to US if they were in a >>>> mixed unit system. Fixes issue #576. >>>> >>>> Fixed problem that could cause the station registry to fail if given a >>>> location >>>> with a non-ASCII location name. >>>> >>>> Changed TE923 bucket size from 0.02589 inches to 1/36 of an inch >>>> (0.02777778 in). PR #575. Fixes issue #574. Thanks to user Timothy! >>>> >>>> Undocumented option retry_certificate has been renamed to retry_ssl, and >>>> now >>>> covers all SSL errors (not just certificate errors). Fixes issue #569. >>>> Thanks >>>> to user Eric! >>>> >>>> Fixed problem caused by specifying a [Logging]/[[formatters]] section in >>>> weewx.conf that uses interpolated variables. >>>> >>>> Fixed problem in the Vantage driver that resulted in incorrect >>>> sunrise/sunset >>>> being included in loop packets when run under Python 3. Thanks to users >>>> Constantine and Jacques! >>>> >>>> Improved auto-scaling of plot axes. >>>> >>>> Fixed problem where aggregates of windvec and windgustvec returned the >>>> aggregate >>>> since start of day, not the start of the aggregation period. Fixes issue >>>> #590. >>>> >>>> New unit "beaufort", included in "group_speed". Treating beaufort as a >>>> separate >>>> type has been deprecated. Fixes issue #591. >>>> >>>> New unit "kPa", included in "group_pressure". Fixes issue #596. >>>> >>>> Fixed bug in the simulator. Made it easier to subclass class Simulator. >>>> >>>> Expressions in StdCalibration are now ordered. Later corrections can >>>> depend on >>>> earlier corrections. >>>> >>>> Fixed problem under Python 2, where option 'none' could cause exception. >>>> PR #597. Thanks to user Clément! >>>> >>>> Fixed problem with ws23xx driver under Python 3 that caused it to crash. >>>> >>>> Use a more modern formula for heat index. Fixes issue #601. Thanks to >>>> user Peter Q! >>>> >>>> Allow overriding the data binding when using iterators. Fixes issue #580. >>>> >>>> Fixed problem where old daily summaries may not have a version number. >>>> >>>> Fixed problem in WMR200 driver where missing UV reports as index 255. >>>> >>>> Added option 'force_direction' for working around a WU bug. Fixes issue >>>> #614. >>>> >>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/4afa0953-db4b-4cc4-98b6-4dcf6cbdd749n%40googlegroups.com.
