[PyQt] Problem buildling PyQt 4.3.x

[Phil Thompson]

On Wednesday 11 June 2008 9:41:51 am Charles Chen wrote:
> I'm trying to build the commercial version of PyQt 4.3.x.  I get the
> following error:
>
> mingw32-make[1]: Entering directory
> `C:/PyQt-win-commercial-4.3.3/QAxContaine
> g++ -c -O2 -Wall -DUNICODE -DQT_LARGEFILE_SUPPORT -DQT_DLL -DQT_NO_DEBUG
> -DQT
> I_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -I. -IC:\Python25\include
> -IC:\Qt\4.3.3\mkspecs\default -
> /Qt/4.3.3/include\ActiveQt -IC:/Qt/4.3.3/include\QtGui
> -IC:/Qt/4.3.3/include\
> ore -IC:/Qt/4.3.3/include -o sipQAxContainerQAxWidget.o
> sipQAxContainerQAxWid
> .cpp
> C:/Qt/4.3.3/include/ActiveQt/../../src/activeqt/container/qaxwidget.h:72:
> err
>   `QMetaObject QAxWidget::staticMetaObject' is private
> sipQAxContainerQAxWidget.cpp:3428: error: within this context
> mingw32-make[1]: *** [sipQAxContainerQAxWidget.o] Error 1
> mingw32-make[1]: Leaving directory
> `C:/PyQt-win-commercial-4.3.3/QAxContainer
> mingw32-make: *** [all] Error 2
>
> I'm using:
> Python 2.5.2
> Qt 4.3.3
> Sip 4.7.6
> PyQt PyQt-win-commercial-4.3.3
>
>     I've tried compiling against Qt 4.3.5, but I received the same
> error.  I also tried using PyQt-win-commercial-4.4.2, but it requires Qt
> 4.4.x (ie. it fails because QGraphicsWidget is missing).
>
>     I actually don't need QAxContainer, so I considered building the gpl
> version of 4.3.3 (this is for internal development, not for a commerical
> release.)  Unfortunately old versions of PyQt don't seem to be archived
> at Riverbank Computing's website.
>
>     Given that Trolltech is continuing to support the 4.3.x line (ie.
> they release Qt 4.3.5 after Qt 4.4), will PyQt do the same?
>
>     Our project can't go to 4.4 yet, for other reasons.

The PyQt version numbers and the Qt version numbers have nothing to do with 
each other (except maybe the first '4'). PyQt v4.4.2 supports all versions of 
Qt v4. PyQt v4.4.2 should build fine against Qt v4.3.3 and doesn't have the 
bug.

Phil