[vdr] Re: VDR version 1.2.5pre1 pre-release

[Alexander Wetzel <alexander.wetzel@web.de>]

On Sunday 07 September 2003 17:11, you wrote:
> Olivier Jacques wrote:
> > With a change introduced in 1.2.3 (not tested a new version until
> > 1.2.5pre1),
> >
> > > - VDR now stops with exit status 2 if one of the configuration files
> >
> > can't be
> >
> > >  read correctly at program startup (suggested by Rainer Zocholl).
> >
> > When you have a DVBc setup, VDR still expects to have a diseqc.conf in
> > the config directory.
> > Not really annoying (you can just copy the sample diseqc.conf from the
> > VDR directory), but I wondered why the VDR of my friend would not start
> > anymore ;)
>
> Since VDR now doesn't start any more if it can't read valid channel
> and timer definitions, some files just _have_ to be there. At that early
> state I didn't want to have to check whether or not DVB-S and/or DVB-C
> or whatever devices are present, so I just made the diseqc.conf file
> mandatory, too.
>
> Klaus

I think these checks are a great idea. But may I suggest that an error while 
parsing keymacros.conf only generates a warning?  
Plain vdr 1.2.5pre2 first failed to load for me because the setting 
"Yellow    @prefermenu" was still present.





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