[mythtv] qmake weirdness

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Sat, Apr 19, 2003 at 01:49:32AM -0400, Jim Paris wrote:

> > This is one reason why you should always use an absolute path for
> > INSTALL_ROOT, and not a relative path.
> 
> I am using an absolute path; the problem is in the Makefiles that
> qmake generates.
> 
> > > This is clearly wrong, because it breaks the usage of $(INSTALL_ROOT),
> > > which I need in order to build Debian packages.
> > 
> > Is there any particular reason why you would not base your work on the
> > existing Debian packages, if there are enhancements you would like to make?
> 
> I did base it on your packages.  I took the mythtv_0.8-10.diff from
> you, applied it to a CVS snapshot, and now I'm working on building it.

Ah, I see the problem in your first message now.  This only happens if your
build tree is under /usr somewhere (which is rather strange anyway).

At any rate, it is Debian bug #180240:

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=180240

CCing the Debian BTS.

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 - mdz