[PyKDE] sip fails

[Phil Thompson]

On Tuesday 15 August 2006 9:00 am, Sebastian Sauer wrote:
> Hi dear devels, users, * :)
>
> Compiling the latest PyQt-snapshot fails for me cause the include-path is
> somewhat wrong;
>
> kde4 at earth:~/PyQt-x11-gpl-4-snapshot-20060814$ python configure.py -u
> CXXFLAGS+=-fno-exceptions CXX=g++ CC=gcc LINK=g++ MOC=moc
> [...]
> This is the GPL version of PyQt 4-snapshot-20060814 (licensed under the GNU
> General Public License) for Python 2.3.5 on linux2.
> [...]
> SIP snapshot-20060805 is being used.
> The Qt header files are in /opt/qt4-copy/include.
> The QtCore_debug Qt library is in /opt/qt4-copy/lib.
> The Qt binaries are in /opt/qt4-copy/bin.
> The Qt mkspecs directory is in /opt/qt4-copy.
> These PyQt modules will be built: QtCore.
> The PyQt modules will be installed in
> /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/PyQt4. The PyQt .sip files will be
> installed in /usr/share/sip/PyQt4.
> pyuic4, pyrcc4 and pylupdate4 will be installed in /usr/bin.
> Generating the C++ source for the QtCore module...
> Creating the Makefile for the QtCore module...
> Creating Qt consolidated module...
> Creating top level Makefile...
> Creating elementtree Makefile...
> Creating pyuic4 wrapper...
> Creating pyuic4 Makefile...
> pylupdate4 and pyrcc4 will not be built because the Qt XML module is
> missing. Creating pyqtconfig.py...
>
> kde4 at earth:~/PyQt-x11-gpl-4-snapshot-20060814$ make
> make[1]: Entering directory
> `/home/kde4/PyQt-x11-gpl-4-snapshot-20060814/QtCore'
> g++ -c -fno-exceptions -DQT_CORE_LIB -I. -I/usr/include/python2.3
> -I/opt/qt4-copy/mkspecs/default -o sipQtCorecmodule.o sipQtCorecmodule.cpp
> In file included from sipQtCorecmodule.cpp:26:
> sipAPIQtCore.h:32:21: error: QMetaType: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht
> gefunden [...]
>
> That's because QMetaType is located in /opt/qt-copy/include/QtCore/* rather
> then in  /opt/qt-copy/include/* and imho that's the reason why the
> generated files should "#include <QtCore/QMetaType>", etc. rather then
> "#include <QMetaType>" only.

Not according to the Qt docs.

> Whyever it works fine for kde4 and breaks PyQt 
> :-/
>
> So, any hint or any idea how to fix that? py_incdir in pyqtconfig.py seems
> to be ignored if changed manualy and also the docs don't mention how to
> change the include-paths / the build-settings (or at least I didn't found
> that info :-/ )
>
> Thanks in advance and also lot of thanks for the great PyQt-framework :)

The g++ command line above is missing lots of arguments - particularly the -I 
flags. I'd look to see if your mkspecs/default points to something sensible.

Also, obviously any Qt snapshot isn't supported.

Phil