Yes - I think the issue is only with the update process and there are just too many potential situations for the update script to be comprehensive. I would suggest you replace the old file before the next update. I have previously shot myself in the foot by "cleaning up" after an installation - things I learned to do with rpm installs don't work with .debs.
On Tuesday, 6 April 2021 at 10:56:43 am UTC+10 PJO wrote: > Well, in principle one *should *be able to delete an old init.d file; my > understanding is that your original advice was correct. The problem appears > to have been an assumption that the init.d file would still be in place and > available for use by the update procedure. I can restore it if necessary > before the next update. > On Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at 1:31:49 AM UTC+1 Cameron D wrote: > >> Hi PJO, >> I have changed the "advice" in the wiki relating to custom systemd unit >> files and init.d files. Sorry. I can't recall the situation that led to >> that advice, but once the custom unit file is working properly then the >> init.d file is simply ignored. >> >> On Sunday, 4 April 2021 at 10:57:35 pm UTC+10 PJO wrote: >> >>> Yes, you're right I removed /etc/init.d/weewx -- when I switched to >>> using systemd ; I didn't realize this would still be needed. In fact, I >>> followed advice here <https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/systemd> that >>> leaving this in place was not a good idea. >>> >>> Attached are copies of the original and bad weewx.conf files and a file >>> listing (from which I've deleted git related things to do with the skin >>> I've been working on). >>> >>> I didn't mention it earlier because I hadn't realized it yet, but fyi >>> other problems I encountered were >>> >>> 1. issues with my copy of sensors.inc from the Seasons skin (see issue >>> <https://github.com/gjr80/weewx-gw1000/issues/35>) >>> 2. as result of my not checking things properly before restarting I >>> ended up with some bad records until I reverted to the original weewx.conf >>> file because of a changed schema >>> >>> Lessons learned: switch to Seasons before running the update if using >>> sensors.inc; verify weewx.conf changes properly (first time I've had an >>> issue). >>> >>> On Sunday, April 4, 2021 at 1:25:50 PM UTC+1 t...@tom.org wrote: >>> >>>> Interesting that Belchertown 1.2 is working for you. Everything works >>>> great on 4.4.0 but reporting (downloading the Aeris forecast) fails on >>>> 4.5.1. I filed a bug in the Belchertown GitHub repo. >>>> >>>> On Saturday, April 3, 2021 at 11:44:31 PM UTC-4 nevilled...@gmail.com >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi >>>>> Just updated my system to 4.5.1 without problems. >>>>> For information also running Belchertown skin v 1.2 python 3 with OWFS >>>>> rain bucket...... all good >>>>> >>>>> Neville >>>>> >>>>> On Sunday, April 4, 2021 at 12:19:58 PM UTC+10 mksm...@gmail.com >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I am sure about this finding >>>>>> when using "sudo nano /etc/weewx/weewx.conf" the file shows 4.4.0 >>>>>> syslog shows "INFO __main__: Starting up weewx version 4.5.1" >>>>>> web page also shows 4.5.1 >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sunday, April 4, 2021 at 4:53:54 AM UTC+3 tke...@gmail.com wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hmmm, the upgrade process should have upgraded the version number in >>>>>>> weewx.conf. Are you sure you're looking at the right one? If you did a >>>>>>> Debian install it should be at /etc/weewx/weewx.conf. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> There were no changes to weewx.conf, so, if it comes to it, you can >>>>>>> just change the version number. But, it would be useful to know what >>>>>>> happened. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Sat, Apr 3, 2021 at 6:44 PM Mks Mk <mksm...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> the update to 4.5.1 worked for me this time but have one issue that >>>>>>>> weewx.conf shows version 4.4.0 but the generated web page shows >>>>>>>> WeeWX >>>>>>>> version 4.5.1 >>>>>>>> can I change weewx.conf line to 4.5.1 or keep it as is? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Friday, April 2, 2021 at 11:32:40 PM UTC+3 tke...@gmail.com >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Version 4.5.1 out. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> My apologies. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Fri, Apr 2, 2021 at 1:12 PM Tom Keffer <tke...@gmail.com> >>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> My mistake. I knew there was a reason why we didn't transition >>>>>>>>>> the old wview schema to the new V4 style! >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I should have a dot-dot release out later today. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> -tk >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Apr 2, 2021 at 12:14 PM Mks Mk <mksm...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> the upgrade to 4.5 from 4.4 failed and weewx is broken please >>>>>>>>>>> advice >>>>>>>>>>> used these commands for upgrade >>>>>>>>>>> sudo apt update >>>>>>>>>>> apt list --upgradable (4.5 was showing) >>>>>>>>>>> sudo apt full-upgrade >>>>>>>>>>> then I answered "N" to the upgrade select to keep my old files >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Apr 2 21:31:49 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Starting LSB: weewx >>>>>>>>>>> weather system... >>>>>>>>>>> Apr 2 21:31:49 raspberrypi weewx[1049]: Starting weewx weather >>>>>>>>>>> system: weewxTraceback (most recent call last): >>>>>>>>>>> Apr 2 21:31:49 raspberrypi weewx[1049]: File >>>>>>>>>>> "/usr/share/weewx/weewxd", line 29, in <module> >>>>>>>>>>> Apr 2 21:31:49 raspberrypi weewx[1049]: import >>>>>>>>>>> user.extensions >>>>>>>>>>> Apr 2 21:31:49 raspberrypi weewx[1049]: File >>>>>>>>>>> "/usr/share/weewx/user/extensions.py", line 20, in <module> >>>>>>>>>>> Apr 2 21:31:49 raspberrypi weewx[1049]: schema_extended = >>>>>>>>>>> schemas.wview.schema + [('lightning_strikes', 'REAL'), >>>>>>>>>>> ('avg_distance', >>>>>>>>>>> 'REAL')] >>>>>>>>>>> Apr 2 21:31:49 raspberrypi weewx[1049]: TypeError: unsupported >>>>>>>>>>> operand type(s) for +: 'dict' and 'list' >>>>>>>>>>> Apr 2 21:31:49 raspberrypi weewx[1049]: failed! >>>>>>>>>>> Apr 2 21:31:49 raspberrypi systemd[1]: weewx.service: Control >>>>>>>>>>> process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE >>>>>>>>>>> Apr 2 21:31:49 raspberrypi systemd[1]: weewx.service: Failed >>>>>>>>>>> with result 'exit-code'. >>>>>>>>>>> Apr 2 21:31:49 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: >>>>>>>>>>> weewx weather system. >>>>>>>>>>> On Friday, April 2, 2021 at 6:11:42 PM UTC+3 tke...@gmail.com >>>>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> *Change log* >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> The utility wee_database has new options --add-column, >>>>>>>>>>>> --rename-column, and >>>>>>>>>>>> --drop-columns for adding, renaming, and deleting columns in the >>>>>>>>>>>> database. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> New optional tag ".series()", for creating and formatting series >>>>>>>>>>>> in templates. >>>>>>>>>>>> See the document series_tags.md in the docs subdirectory. This is >>>>>>>>>>>> still >>>>>>>>>>>> experimental and subject to change! Addresses issue #341. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> New optional tag ".json()" for formatting results as JSON. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> New optional tag ".round()". Useful for rounding results of .raw >>>>>>>>>>>> and .json tags. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Improved performance when calculating series using aggregation >>>>>>>>>>>> periods that are >>>>>>>>>>>> multiples of a day. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Changed NOAA reports to use the 'normalized_ascii' encoding >>>>>>>>>>>> instead of 'utf8' >>>>>>>>>>>> (which did not display correctly for most browsers). Fixes issue >>>>>>>>>>>> #646. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Plots longer than 2 years use a 6 month time increment. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Uploads to PWSWeather and WOW now use HTTPS. Fixes issue #650. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Fixed bug that prevented the Vantage driver from waiting before a >>>>>>>>>>>> wakeup retry. >>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks to user Les Niles! >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Changed the way of expressing the old "wview" schema to the new V4 >>>>>>>>>>>> way. >>>>>>>>>>>> Hopefully, this will lead to fewer support issues. Fixes issue >>>>>>>>>>>> #651. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Fixed problem where iterating over a time period without an >>>>>>>>>>>> aggregation would >>>>>>>>>>>> wrongly include the record on the left. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Fixed bug that caused the incorrect label to be applied to plots >>>>>>>>>>>> where the >>>>>>>>>>>> aggregation type changes the unit. Fixes issue #654. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Plots now locate the x-coordinate in the middle of the aggregation >>>>>>>>>>>> interval for >>>>>>>>>>>> all aggregation types (not just min, max, avg). Revisits PR #232. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Added new time units 'unix_epoch_ms' and 'unix_epoch_ns', which >>>>>>>>>>>> are unix epoch >>>>>>>>>>>> time in milliseconds and nanoseconds, respectively. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> The FTP uploader now calculates and saves a hash value for each >>>>>>>>>>>> uploaded file. >>>>>>>>>>>> If it does not change, the file is not uploaded, resulting in >>>>>>>>>>>> significant >>>>>>>>>>>> time savings. PR #655. Thanks to user Karen! >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Updated the version of six.py included with WeeWX to 1.15.0. 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