[PyKDE] internal error building sip4.0pre4

[michael ferraro]

1.  -- FIRST  TRY --

python configure.py -l "qt-mt" -p macx-g++
Error: specs/macx-g++: environment variable 'TB' is not defined.


2.  -- SECOND TRY --

[Wheezer:/Developer/sip-x11-gpl-snapshot-20031124] mef% python  
configure.py -l "qt-mt"
This is SIP snapshot-20031124 for Python 2.3 on darwin.
The SIP code generator will be installed in /usr/local/bin.
The SIP module will be installed in
/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/lib/python2.3/ 
site-packages.
The SIP header file will be installed in
/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/include/ 
python2.3.
The default directory to install .sip files in is /usr/local/share/sip.
Qt v3.2.2 free edition is being used.
The Qt header files are in /Developer/qt/include.
The qt-mt Qt library is in /Developer/qt/lib.
Qt's default platform/compiler configuration will be used.
Creating sipconfig.py...
An internal error occured.  Please report all the output from the  
program,
including the following traceback, to support at riverbankcomputing.co.uk.

Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "configure.py", line 786, in ?
     main(sys.argv)
   File "configure.py", line 777, in main
     create_makefiles()
   File "configure.py", line 621, in create_makefiles
     import sipconfig
   File "/Developer/sip-x11-gpl-snapshot-20031124/sipconfig.py", line 98
     'INCDIR_OPENGL':             
'/System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGL.framework/Headers \\
                                                                          
               ^
SyntaxError: EOL while scanning single-quoted string
[Wheezer:/Developer/sip-x11-gpl-snapshot-20031124] mef%


3.  -- THIRD TRY --

[Wheezer:/Developer/sip-x11-gpl-snapshot-20031124] mef% python  
configure.py -l "qt-mt" -p darwin-g++
This is SIP snapshot-20031124 for Python 2.3 on darwin.
The SIP code generator will be installed in /usr/local/bin.
The SIP module will be installed in
/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/lib/python2.3/ 
site-packages.
The SIP header file will be installed in
/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/include/ 
python2.3.
The default directory to install .sip files in is /usr/local/share/sip.
Qt v3.2.2 free edition is being used.
The Qt header files are in /Developer/qt/include.
The qt-mt Qt library is in /Developer/qt/lib.
The platform/compiler configuration is darwin-g++.
Creating sipconfig.py...
Creating top level Makefile...
Creating sip code generator Makefile...
Creating sip module Makefile...
[Wheezer:/Developer/sip-x11-gpl-snapshot-20031124] mef%



On Nov 23, 2003, at 12:52 PM, Phil Thompson wrote:

> SIP v4.0pre4 is now available for download at the usual place. You  
> will need a
> current PyQt snapshot.
>
> This version has a re-written build system - use configure.py instead  
> of
> build.py. Current SIP v3 snapshots also include the new build system  
> (but
> retains the old one for now in case there are problems).
>
> The new build system has been tested on Linux, Windows and the Zaurus.
> Building static or debug versions has not yet been tested.
>
> PyQt also has a corresponding new build system - again, use  
> configure.py
> instead of build.py. This generates and installs a pure Python module  
> called
> pyqtconfig that is intended to be used by the build system of other  
> modules
> that are built on top of PyQt. Please let me know if there are other  
> useful
> things that can be added to it.
>
> Why have I written yet another build system?
>
> 1. I want SIP v4 to be seen as a general tool for building bindings  
> for C and
> C++ libraries on all platforms - and not just as the tool used to  
> build PyQt.
> This required the dependency of the old system on tmake or qmake to be
> removed.
>
> 2. The old system was difficult to maintain and was beginning to  
> resemble a
> Perl script. The new system is self contained and written in  
> reasonably good
> Python.
>
> 3. The new system only requires root/administrator privileges when  
> installing.
>
> 4. The new system is completely configurable from the command line. It  
> should
> never be necessary to hack it even if some platforms require additional
> special handling.
>
> (BTW, those of you who watch the snapshots may have seen that I was  
> using
> SCons at one point. This was dropped as it was introducing more  
> problems than
> it was solving.)
>
> Phil
>
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