[PyKDE] Can't compile PyQt 3.12 using SIP 4.1

[Phil Thompson]

On Wednesday 22 September 2004 9:38 pm, Bryan O'Sullivan wrote:
> I'm trying to configure PyQt 3.12 with SIP 4.1 on a Fedora Core 2
> system, and having no success.
>
> I have SIP built, configured, and installed in the normal way, without
> any problems (using configure.py -l qt-mt).  Here's how I'm trying to
> configure PyQt:
>
>         $ echo yes | python configure.py
>         [...lots of normal-looking output...]
>         Generating the C++ source for the qt module...
>         sip: sip/qt/qtmod.sip:23: syntax error
>         Error: Unable to create the C++ code.
>
> A Google search turned up a brief thread from July with the exact same
> error, but the thread didn't come to a useful conclusion.
>
>         $ python
>         Python 2.3.3 (#1, May  7 2004, 10:31:40)
>         [GCC 3.3.3 20040412 (Red Hat Linux 3.3.3-7)] on linux2
>
>         >>> import sipconfig
>         >>> sipconfig._pkg_config['sip_version_str']
>
>         '4.1'
>
> I'm sure I have the right version of SIP installed, and I don't seem to
> have any breadcrumbs from older versions of SIP left on my system.

I suggest you have another look for breadcrumbs.

Phil