[mythtv] Problem with build process - python metadata files

[Peter Bennett]

On 1/25/21 2:24 PM, David Hampton wrote:
> On Thu, 2021-01-21 at 11:31 -0500, Peter Bennett wrote:
>> Hi David
>>
>> Since you are more familiar with this, perhaps you can look into it.
>> I think it may be related to the "obj" directory changes you made
>> some time back.
> This was introduced last January with the changes to rewrite python
> files to explicitly use the currently installed python executable.
>
>> When I make mythtv and install, tmdb3.py is installed in
>> usr/share/mythtv/metadata/Movie/tmdb3.py
>>
>> If I make some changes to tmdb3.py, make and install again, I get
>> this
>>
>> usr/share/mythtv/metadata/Movie/tmdb3.py [out of date file]
>> usr/share/mythtv/metadata/Movie/Movie/tmdb3.py [new file]
> The problem is with the way these rewrite rules are using a recursive
> copy command.  The command "cp -r foo obj/foo" works every time if the
> destination doesn't exist or if "foo" is a file. However, if "foo" is a
> directory the first time you run the command you create the directory
> "obj/foo" and all subsequent times you create "obj/foo/foo".  Exactly
> what you're seeing.
>
> I should have a fix committed soon.
>
> David
>
>> The system will run the out of date file since that is where it
>> expects
>> to find tmdb3.py.
>>
>> In the source directory structure is a similar thing after the make
>>
>> /home/peter/proj/github.com/MythTV/mythtv/mythtv/programs/scripts/met
>> adata/Movie/tmdb3.py
>> [source file I am changing]
>> /home/peter/proj/github.com/MythTV/mythtv/mythtv/programs/scripts/obj
>> /metadata/Movie/Movie/tmdb3.py
>> [more recent copy of file]
>> /home/peter/proj/github.com/MythTV/mythtv/mythtv/programs/scripts/obj
>> /metadata/Movie/tmdb3.py
>> [out of date file]
>>
>> The same problem may exist with other files.
>>
>> Peter
>>
Thank you.

I noticed the same problem with 
mythtv/programs/scripts/metadata/Television. Hopefully the fix will 
address both, and any others there may be.

Peter