[mythtv] New configure --prefix is not updating settings.pro

[Cory Papenfuss]

>> 	On platforms that have MythTV installed by default
>> (KnoppMyth) or by the user from packages, they go into /usr,
>> and CVS builds then go somewhere else.
>
> This is standard for essentially all software on Linux.  Stuff you compile
> goes into /usr/local, stuff from packages goes into /usr.  This is good
> behavior, and Myth certainly shouldn't ignore the standards for something
> like this.
>
>> 	I guess I am trying to subtly change the behaviour
>> on Debian boxes - to upgrade the current packages.
>
> Why?  I'm on Debian, and I really don't want myth going into /usr.
>
>> 	What if configure looked for current versions
>> (`which mythbackend`) and then asked the user if they
>> want to overwrite it?
>
> Nope, shouldn't do that.
>
>> And, if that was the case, how many people think
>> that the default (if there is one) should be yes?
>
> If the user's smart enough to figure out how to connect to CVS and compile
> from source, they can be smart enough to deal with package management.
>
> Isaac

 	Just as an aside note, mythtv works quite happily with the 
'encap' symlink-based pseudo package manager.  It automatically populates 
symlinks recursively into /usr/local/* from any directory it finds in it's 
tree (nominally /usr/local/encap/<package>-<version> which is excluded 
from the recursive symlinking).  Basically, compiling all of mythtv and 
it's modules with prefix=/usr/local/encap/mythtv-0.17 and running 'epkg -i 
mythtv' will make it look like it's installed in /usr/local/

 	I encap *every* piece of software I compile from source, and 
almost never have a problem with upgrading, downgrading, overwriting, etc.

-Cory

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* Cory Papenfuss                                                        *
* Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student               *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University                   *
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