Index: myththemes/configure
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--- myththemes/configure	(revision 14488)
+++ myththemes/configure	(working copy)
@@ -26,8 +26,20 @@
 
 # bring in mythtv config
 rm -f mythconfig.mak
-ln -s $prefix/include/mythtv/mythconfig.mak mythconfig.mak
+if test -f $prefix/include/mythtv/mythconfig.mak; then 
+    ln -s $prefix/include/mythtv/mythconfig.mak mythconfig.mak
+else
+    cat << EOF
 
+Cannot locate $prefix/include/mythtv/mythconfig.mak!
+
+Are you sure MythTV was compiled with --prefix=$prefix?
+
+EOF
+exit 1
+fi
+
+
 if test -x $QTDIR/bin/qmake; then
   $QTDIR/bin/qmake QMAKE=${QTDIR}/bin/qmake myththemes.pro
 else