[mythtv] Myth System Status "unknown"

Axel Thimm Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
Sat Oct 7 09:07:59 UTC 2006


On Sat, Oct 07, 2006 at 01:44:04PM +1000, 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?

I guess the code tries to use svn to retieve the revision, but the
extracted tarball is svn-agnostic. Maybe using svn keywords is better?
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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