[mythtv] SVN 7495 error on mythmedia.cpp

[Stuart Auchterlonie]

On Sun, Oct 16, 2005 at 03:34:50PM -0400, Daniel Kristjansson wrote:
> On Sun, 2005-10-16 at 20:16 +0100, Graeme Hilton wrote:
> > I get the following error when compiling SVN74
> 
> > Is this a problem with Myth, or a problem with my recently downloaded
> > kernel headers?  I haven't knowingly changed anything else in the build
> > environment.
> 
> Both, the kernel headers are supposed to add defines so that it is safe
> to include them outside the kernel, and applications like MythTV are not
> supposed to include kernel headers directly.
> 
> Because you have DVB enabled, and the DVB headers are not yet a 
> part of most Linux distributions, we grab them from the kernel.
> If you want to fix this you can copy the DVB headers from your
> kernel into /usr/include/linux and set that as you DVB includes
> directory when you run ./configure.
> 

And I've found that compilation gets grumpy with kernel headers
above version 2.6.11. 

No idea why, but as the Debian guys say, use the stable kernel
header includes rather than the bleeding edge, as there is
normally no reason to do so.

Stuart