[PyQt] Compiling PyQt5 on a Raspberry Pi

[Phil Thompson]

On Mon, 5 Aug 2013 23:24:18 +0400, Dmitry Shachnev <mitya57 at ubuntu.com>
wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 8:24 PM, Dmitry Shachnev <mitya57 at ubuntu.com>
wrote:
>> This is not specific to Raspbian, but happens on all systems
>> where qreal == float (i.e. all ARM systems). This particular
>> issue happens because in qbrush.sip we have:
>>
>>   typedef QVector<QPair<double, QColor>> QGradientStops;
>>
>> while in Qt 5.1 qreal is used instead of double:
>>
>>   typedef QPair<qreal, QColor> QGradientStop;
>>   typedef QVector<QGradientStop> QGradientStops;
>>
>> However, this is not the only issue that makes the build fail.
>> In Debian, we have a patch that fixes more issues. We haven't
>> yet finished updating it for PyQt5, so it doesn't fully solve
>> the problem (any help in finalizing it is appreciated). I have
>> attached the current version of that patch.

As of tonight's snapshot I don't think any of that patch is needed.

> I will add that the remaining issue is: http://paste.debian.net/22474/
> 
> The generated sipQtWebKitWidgetspart8.cpp has this line:
> 
> typedef void (*sipVH_QtWidgets_116)(sip_gilstate_t,
> sipVirtErrorHandlerFunc, sipSimpleWrapper *, PyObject *, double
> *,double *,double *,double *);

Event when compiling for ARM?

> I guess this is a bug in sip, there should be qreal's there (as
> defined in qgraphicswidget.sip).

They should be either doubles or floats depending on how qreal is defined.
If they are doubles on ARM then it is a bug.

Phil