[PyQt] dbus build error with latest pyqt5 snapshot

[Baz Walter]

On 07/04/16 21:03, Phil Thompson wrote:
> On 7 Apr 2016, at 7:40 pm, Baz Walter <bazwal at ftml.net> wrote:
>>
>> Using the latest pyqt5 snapshot (1604061336), I get an error at the
>> end of the build that dbus/dbus-python.h couldn't be found.
>>
>> Looking at the diff for configure.py, I see that the qmake_quote
>> function is now used on the includepath in
>> generate_module_makefile. The problem is that the includepath for
>> dbus is a *list* of paths, which means that the spaces *between*
>> the paths are being wrongly escaped. This results in the list being
>> treated as a single path, which is obviously why the header can't
>> be found later.
>>
>> In an attempt to overcome this issue, I came across another
>> problem. I tried specifying a single include path using the --dbus
>> option, thinking that this would result in the defaults being
>> over-ridden. But I was puzzled to find that this only results in
>> the user-specified path being *appended* to the list of defaults.
>>
>> When I look at the check_dbus function, I see that it is *only* the
>> user-specified path that is checked. If the check fails, the
>> defaults aren't also checked (which makes sense), and the dbus
>> support is disabled. But if the check succeeds, for some reason the
>> defaults are still used, and are also given priority over the
>> user-specified path (which I don't understand). Is there a reason
>> why it is done this way?
>
> If there ever was a reason then it is lost in the mist of time.

Okay. I hope my bug report at the beginning didn't get lost in the other 
part :)

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Regards
Baz Walter