rmcrackan
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3 years ago Thanks for telling me about the 'returning user' issue. I found the bug and the fix will go out today.
The liberated status is stored in the database in the user folder. I'm curious why after deleting the database it is seeing any as liberated. This to me is the real mystery.
The old way was to only recognize live files containing their id in the name. When a file was located, FilePaths.json was updated as a cache. People greatly disliked this so I changed it to being tracked by database only. A 1-time migration copied FilePath.json => FileLocations.json, read FilePath.json, updated the database, then deleted FilePaths.json. (FileLocations.json is used for non-mission critical things; not used to determine Liberated status like FilePath was.). The migration is long-running and happens in the background. If Libation is closed before it's finished, it'll just start from scratch next time.
If you still have access to those user files you deleted, you could restore FileLocations.json, make a back up, rename it to FilePath.json, and restart Libation. After a long run in the background it will mark anything found in there as Liberated and will delete FilePath.json.
wtanksleyjr
I finally upgraded to the newer code for the first time since the outage. The upgrade was a surprising experience; it didn't go like I expected.
First, I simply deleted the old Libation executable folder and dropped the new one in its place. I ran it, expecting the upgrade dialog, but it started up as though nothing had changed -- except that only 100-odd of my 1900 books were marked as imported. I imagined there might be something running in the background, so I walked away and left it running for a few hours, but when I came back it was in the same state.
Second, I tried deleting both the Libation executable and the user folder -- everything except the books (I guess I didn't remove the temporary folder, come to think of it, should I have?). That did bring up the "are you a new user or a returning user", so I chose "returning", and then chose the user folder just like before. Here's the second surprise: after asking whether I wanted to create the folder, it asked me again where I wanted to place the folder, and when I clicked "OK" it told me "installation canceled" and quit. No obvious reason for quitting.
Third, I tried "new user". This time was more like I expected, and all was well -- except that it only "sees" the same ~100 books as being Liberated (out of 1900+ books). I'm not sure why those 100 books and not any of the others!
So ... how can I get the new system to see all of my old liberations? And is the "existing user" upgrade code working correctly?