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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] >>> 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 <[email protected]> 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 [email protected] >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Version 4.5.1 out. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> My apologies. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Fri, Apr 2, 2021 at 1:12 PM Tom Keffer <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 [email protected] >>>>>>>>>> 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. Fixes >>>>>>>>>>> issue #657. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Option aggregate_interval can now be specified by using one of the >>>>>>>>>>> "shortcuts", >>>>>>>>>>> that is, 'hour', 'day', 'week', 'month', or 'year'. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Options "log_success" and "log_failure" are now honored by the >>>>>>>>>>> StdArchive >>>>>>>>>>> service. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>> 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 [email protected]. >>>>>>>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>>>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/0dea450f-7d87-4470-a552-634375db58aan%40googlegroups.com >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/0dea450f-7d87-4470-a552-634375db58aan%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>>>>>>> . >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> 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 [email protected]. >>>>>>> >>>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/356eef2d-048d-44e5-80d5-afc1e8e46e54n%40googlegroups.com >>>>>>> >>>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/356eef2d-048d-44e5-80d5-afc1e8e46e54n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>>>> . >>>>>>> >>>>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. 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