[PyQt] PyQt: configure.py command line options check

[Phil Thompson]

On Wednesday 27 June 2007 1:59 pm, Giovanni Bajo wrote:
> On 6/27/2007 1:09 PM, Phil Thompson wrote:
> >> I suggest adding the following self-checks to configure.py:
> >>
> >>   * If -g is specified, -v should not be specified and .sip files should
> >> not be installed. You can't use them anyway with the consolidated
> >> module.
> >>
> >>   * If qt is built as static libraries, either -g or -k must be
> >> specified. Otherwise the resulting PyQt4 modules are going to segfault
> >> on you when you start using them.
> >>
> >> Also, Phil, would you accept a patch that reworks configure.py to use
> >> optparse and/or add long name alternatives to options (--foo)? Given
> >> that Python 2.3 is now required, it shouldn't be an issue anymore.
> >
> > Yes, so long as current arguments remain valid.
>
> Good. I'm posting the new preliminar usage screen to gather some
> feedback about the long names I chose, the revised help messages, and
> the grouping which (IMO) makes options easier to find and read.
>
>
> usage: python configure.py [opts] [option=value] [option+=value]

"option" in the above might be too generic. They are specifically build system 
macros - so "macro"?

> options:
>    --version             show program's version number and exit
>    -h, --help            show this help message and exit
>    -k, --static          build modules as static libraries
>    -r, --trace           build modules with tracing enabled
>    -u, --debug           build modules with debugging symbols
>    -w, --verbose         don't suppress compiler output during
>                          configuration

Just say verbose output - compiler output is just (potentially) one example.

>    -c, --concatenate     concatenate each module's C++ source files
>    -j N, --concatenate-split=N
>                          split the concatenated C++ source files into N
>                          pieces [default: 1]
>    -g, --consolidate     create a single Qt module which links against
>                          all the Qt libraries

The Qt module is created anyway, it's the _qt module that gets created with 
this option.
>
>    Configuration:
>      -e MODULE, --enable=MODULE
>                          enable the specified MODULE [default: all
>                          modules will be enabled]
>      -t PLUGIN, --plugin=PLUGIN
>                          add PLUGIN to the list be linked (if Qt is
>                          built as static libraries)
>      -q FILE, --qmake=FILE
>                          the pathname of qmake [default: None]
>      -s DBUS, --dbus=DBUS
>                          the directory containing the dbus/dbus-
>                          python.h header file [default: supplied by
>                          pkg-config]
>
>    Installation:
>      -b DIR, --bindir=DIR
>                          where pyuic4, pyrcc4 and pylupdate4 will be
>                          installed [default: C:\python24]
>      -d DIR, --destdir=DIR
>                          where the PyQt4 Python package will be
>                          installed [default: C:\python24\Lib\site-
>                          packages]
>      -p DIR, --plugin-destdir=DIR
>                          where the Designer plugin will be installed
>                          [default: QTDIR/plugins]
>      -v DIR, --sipdir=DIR
>                          where the PyQt4 .sip files will be installed
>                          [default: C:\python24\sip\PyQt4]
>
>    VendorID support:
>      -i, --vendorid      enable checking of signed interpreters using
>                          the VendorID package [default: disabled]
>      -l DIR, --vendorid-incdir=DIR
>                          the directory containing the VendorID header
>                          file [default: C:\python24\include]
>      -m DIR, --vendorid-libdir=DIR
>                          the directory containing the VendorID library
>                          [default: C:\python24\libs]
>
>    QScintilla support:
>      -a, --qsci-api      install the PyQt API file for QScintilla
>                          [default: only if QScintilla installed]
>      -n DIR, --qsci-destdir=DIR
>                          where the PyQt API file for QScintilla will be
>                          installed [default: QTDIR/qsci]

Better to be --qsci-api-destdir?

Phil