[mythtv] Myth System Status "unknown"

[Michael T. Dean]

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