[mythtv-users] Version Numbers, was: Program guide freezes ...

Mike Perkins mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk
Sat Apr 19 21:57:50 UTC 2008


Michael T. Dean wrote:
> 
> One of the main benefits of the --version output is its inclusion of the 
> SVN revision number.  Unfortunately, most packagers tend to build in an 
> exported directory (without SVN info), so the MythTV version is 
> unavailable.  I'm pretty sure that Gentoo and Ubuntu packagers are 
> running a script at build time that puts the SVN revision in so that 
> it's available in the --version output even when built outside of the 
> SVN working copy.
> 

FYI the Mandriva packagers have started including the SVN# in the package name, 
so you can see it right at selection time.

Mike Perkins


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