[mythtv] Myth System Status "unknown"
Michael T. Dean
mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Sat Oct 7 04:25:20 UTC 2006
On 10/06/06 23:44, Paul wrote:
>I noticed on the Information -> System Status page on Listing Status
>I see the Myth version as follows:
>
>Myth Version 0.20.20060828-3 Unknown
>
>What does the "unknown" represent? is it a compile time value?
>
>ie
>I think this is the source code:
>
>http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/browser/trunk/mythtv/programs/mythfrontend/statusbox.cpp
>
>...snip
>719 extern const char *myth_source_version;
>720 contentLines[count++] = QObject::tr("Myth version:") + " " +
>721 MYTH_BINARY_VERSION + " " +
>722 myth_source_version;
>
>..snip
>
>Why is the myth_source_version blank or unknown?
>
Because it wasn't compiled from an SVN working copy in which
"svnversion" could be run.
Mike
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