[PyQt] PyQt compile error on Windows XP

[Phil Thompson]

On Mon, 3 Nov 2008 15:22:44 +0100, Markus Dahlbokum <dahlbokum at intes.de>
wrote:
> On Monday 03 November 2008 13:39:20 you wrote:
>> On Mon, 3 Nov 2008 13:10:42 +0100, Markus Dahlbokum <dahlbokum at intes.de>
>>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I'm building PyQt on win XP with the following configuration:
>> >
>> > msvc2005
>> > qt 4.4.3 commercial (static)
>> > qwt 5.1.1 (static)
>> > python 2.5.2
>> > sip 4.7.7
>> > PyQt 4.4.3 commercial
>> > PyQwt 5.1.0
>> >
>> > All compiles worked but the last step didn't. I'm building PyQt in
>> > combination
>> > with PyQwt: configure.py from PyQt with options -g and --mwg-qwt set.
>>
>> NMAKE
>>
>> > crashes when reaching _qt module:
>> >
>> >         cd _qt
>> >         "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio
>>
>> 8\VC\BIN\nmake.exe"
>>
>> > Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 8.00.50727.762
>> > Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
>> >
>> >
>> > cl -c -nologo -Zm200 -Zc:wchar_t- -O2 -MD -W3 -w34100 -w34189
-DUNICODE
>> > -DWIN32 -DQT_LARGEFILE_SUPPORT -DQT_NO_D
>> > EBUG -DQT_XMLPATTERNS_LIB -DQT_XML_LIB -DQT_WEBKIT_LIB -DQT_TEST_LIB
>> > -DQT_SQL_LIB -DQT_SCRIPT_LIB -DQT_NETWORK_LIB -DQT_
>> > GUI_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -I. -Ic:
>> > \compile\source\qt-win-commercial-src-4.4.3\include\qwt -Ic:
>> > \compile\install\python-2.5.2\
>> > include
-IC:\compile\source\qt-win-commercial-src-4.4.3\mkspecs\default
>> > -IC:
>> > \compile\source\qt-win-commercial-src-4.4.3\
>> > include\ActiveQt -IC:
>> > \compile\source\qt-win-commercial-src-4.4.3\include\QtAssistant -IC:
>> > \compile\source\qt-win-commerci
>> > al-src-4.4.3\include\QtXmlPatterns -IC:
>> > \compile\source\qt-win-commercial-src-4.4.3\include\QtXml -IC:
>> > \compile\source\qt-
>> > win-commercial-src-4.4.3\include\QtWebKit -IC:
>> > \compile\source\qt-win-commercial-src-4.4.3\include\QtTest
>>
>> -IC:\compile\so
>>
>> > urce\qt-win-commercial-src-4.4.3\include\QtSvg -IC:
>> > \compile\source\qt-win-commercial-src-4.4.3\include\QtSql -IC:\compil
>> > e\source\qt-win-commercial-src-4.4.3\include\QtScript -IC:
>> > \compile\source\qt-win-commercial-src-4.4.3\include\QtNetwork
>> > -IC:\compile\source\qt-win-commercial-src-4.4.3\include\QtGui -IC:
>> > \compile\source\qt-win-commercial-src-4.4.3\include\Qt
>> > Core -IC:\compile\source\qt-win-commercial-src-4.4.3\include -Fo @C:
>> > \DOCUME~1\bokum\LOCALS~1\Temp\nm1B27.tmp
>> > sipQtCoreQVariant.cpp
>> > .\sipQtCoreQVariant.cpp(233) : error
>> > C2065: 'sipMappedType_QMap_0200QString_0200QVariant' : undeclared
>> > identifier
>> > sipQtSqlQSqlQuery.cpp
>> > .\sipQtSqlQSqlQuery.cpp(882) : error
>> > C2065: 'sipMappedType_QMap_0200QString_0200QVariant' : undeclared
>> > identifier
>> > Generating Code...
>> > NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual
>>
>> Studio
>>
>> > 8\VC\BIN\cl.EXE"' : return code '0x2'
>> > Stop.
>> > NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual
>>
>> Studio
>>
>> > 8\VC\BIN\nmake.exe"' : return code '0x2'
>> > Stop.
>> >
>> > Are these undeclared identifiers known with this configuration? Does
>>
>> anyone
>>
>> > have an idea how to fix this?
>>
>> See if you get the same problem without Qwt. Note that the --mwg-*
>> options
>> are internal, no longer used and will be removed.
>>
>> Phil
> 
> 
> Yes, the same behaviour when the --mwg option is not set.
> Gerard from PyQwt helped me out with this and modified the configure.py
to 
> work with these versions. On Linux the same configuration works fine. But
> on 
> windows the compile crashes as described. (I've used the original 
> configure.py to test without qwt)

The problem is a SIP bug triggered by a typedef in QAxBase (which is why
the problem is Windows specific).

I've added a workaround to tonight's PyQt snapshot.

Phil