[PyKDE] Pb building PyQt/PyKDE

[Phil Thompson]

Jerome Martin wrote:

> Hi,
> 
>  
> 
> I'm trying to build PyQt-3.3 on Mandrake8.2. I have tried the following 
> command:
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> 
> 'python build.py -q /usr/lib/qt3 -b /home/jerome/rpm/tmp/PyQt-buildroot 
> -l qt-mt -m /usr/bin/make'
> 
>  
> 
> and got the message :
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>  
> 
> " 
> ******************************************************************************
> 
> Generating the C++ source for the qt module.
> 
> ******************************************************************************
> 
> ******************************************************************************
> 
> Error: /home/jerome/rpm/BUILD/PyQt-3.3/sip failed with an exit code of 127.
> 
> ******************************************************************************'
> 
>  
> 
> If I use the option " -b /usr/bin", it succeed in creating make file but 
> it fail in make because it try to copy files in /usr/ and I was to 
> logged as root.
> 
>  
> 
> Few weeks ago, I saw a thread about this subject but at this date I was 
> not interested by this.
> 
> Some one send also a patch for build.py but I failed in patching it.


You have to be root. There were a couple of patches floating around. I 
thought somebody was merging them and I was going to look at it then - 
but I haven't seen anything since.

Phil