[PyQt] Building PyQt on Windows; problems generating the C++ code

[Phil Thompson]

On 5 Apr 2017, at 12:17 pm, Boudewijn Rempt <boud at valdyas.org> wrote:
> 
> I'm trying to build pyqt on windows. I've got Python in c:\python35,
> I'm using sip 4.19.2, Qt 5.6.1 and PyQt 5.6.1. I'm using mingw-5.4,
> and built Qt myself. Qt is in c:\dev\i.
> 
> Sip installs correctly:
> 
> c:\dev\d\sip-4.19.2\sip-4.19.2>c:\python36\python.exe configure.py --platform win32-g++
> This is SIP 4.19.2 for Python 3.6.1 on win32.
> The SIP code generator will be installed in c:\python36.
> The sip module will be installed in c:\python36\Lib\site-packages.
> The sip.pyi stub file will be installed in c:\python36\Lib\site-packages.
> The sip.h header file will be installed in c:\python36\include.
> The default directory to install .sip files in is c:\python36\sip.
> Creating siplib\sip.h...
> Creating siplib\siplib.c...
> Creating siplib\siplib.sbf...
> Creating sipconfig.py...
> Creating top level Makefile...
> Creating sip code generator Makefile...
> Creating sip module Makefile...
> 
> c:\dev\d\sip-4.19.2\sip-4.19.2>mingw32-make install
> 
> ...
> 
> copy /y c:\dev\d\sip-4.19.2\sip-4.19.2\sipdistutils.py c:\python36\Lib\site-packages\sipdistutils.py
>        1 file(s) copied.
> 
> But running PyQt's configure fails:
> 
> c:\dev\d\PyQt5_gpl-5.6\PyQt5_gpl-5.6>python configure.py --spec win32-g++ --confirm-license --qmake c:\dev\i\bin\qmake.exe --verbose
> Querying qmake about your Qt installation...
> Determining the details of your Qt installation...
> c:\dev\i\bin\qmake.exe -o qtdetail.mk qtdetail.pro
> mingw32-make -f qtdetail.mk release
> mingw32-make -f qtdetail.mk.Release
> mingw32-make[1]: Entering directory 'c:/dev/d/PyQt5_gpl-5.6/PyQt5_gpl-5.6'
> g++ -c -pipe -fno-keep-inline-dllexport -O2 -std=gnu++0x -frtti -Wall -Wextra -fexceptions -mthreads -DUNICODE -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_CORE_LIB -DQT_NEEDS_QMAIN -I. -I\dev\i\include -I\dev\i\include\QtCore -Irelease -I\dev\i\mkspecs\win32-g++  -o release\qtdetail.o qtdetail.cpp
> g++ -Wl,-s -Wl,-subsystem,windows -mthreads -o release\qtdetail.exe release/qtdetail.o  -lmingw32 -L\dev\i\lib \dev\i\lib\libqtmain.a -lshell32 \dev\i\lib\libQt5Core.a
> mingw32-make[1]: Leaving directory 'c:/dev/d/PyQt5_gpl-5.6/PyQt5_gpl-5.6'
> release\qtdetail.exe
> This is the GPL version of PyQt 5.6 (licensed under the GNU General Public
> License) for Python 3.6.1 on win32.
> Found the license file pyqt-gpl.sip.
> Checking to see if the QtGui module should be built...
> c:\dev\i\bin\qmake.exe -o cfgtest_QtGui.mk cfgtest_QtGui.pro
> mingw32-make -f cfgtest_QtGui.mk release
> mingw32-make -f cfgtest_QtGui.mk.Release
> mingw32-make[1]: Entering directory 'c:/dev/d/PyQt5_gpl-5.6/PyQt5_gpl-5.6'
> g++ -c -pipe -fno-keep-inline-dllexport -mstackrealign -O2 -std=gnu++0x -frtti -Wall -Wextra -fexceptions -mthreads -DUNICODE -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -DQT_NEEDS_QMAIN -I. -I\dev\i\include -I\dev\i\include\QtGui -I\dev\i\include\QtCore -Irelease -I\dev\i\mkspecs\win32-g++  -o release\cfgtest_QtGui.o cfgtest_QtGui.cpp
> cfgtest_QtGui.cpp: In function 'int qMain(int, char**)':
> cfgtest_QtGui.cpp:6:1: warning: no return statement in function returning non-void [-Wreturn-type]
> }
> ^
> g++ -Wl,-s -Wl,-subsystem,windows -mthreads -o release\cfgtest_QtGui.exe release/cfgtest_QtGui.o  -lglu32 -lopengl32 -lgdi32 -luser32 -lmingw32 -L\dev\i\lib \dev\i\lib\libqtmain.a -lshell32 \dev\i\lib\libQt5Gui.a \dev\i\lib\libQt5Core.a
> 
> ... 
> 
> Qt v5.6.1 (Open Source) is being used.
> The qmake executable is c:\dev\i\bin\qmake.exe.
> Qt is built as a shared library.
> SIP 4.19.2 is being used.
> The sip executable is c:\python36\sip.exe.
> These PyQt5 modules will be built: QtCore, QtGui, QtHelp, QtMultimedia,
> QtMultimediaWidgets, QtNetwork, QtOpenGL, QtPrintSupport, QtQml, QtQuick,
> QtSql, QtSvg, QtTest, QtWidgets, QtXml, _QOpenGLFunctions_2_0,
> _QOpenGLFunctions_2_1, _QOpenGLFunctions_4_1_Core, QtWinExtras, QtQuickWidgets.
> The PyQt5 Python package will be installed in c:\python36\Lib\site-packages.
> PyQt5 is being built with generated docstrings.
> The Designer plugin will be installed in /dev/i/plugins/designer.
> The qmlscene plugin will be installed in /dev/i/plugins/PyQt5.
> The PyQt5 PEP 484 stub files will be installed in
> c:\python36\Lib\site-packages\PyQt5.
> The PyQt5 .sip files will be installed in c:\python36\sip\PyQt5.
> pyuic5, pyrcc5 and pylupdate5 will be installed in c:\python36.
> The interpreter used by pyuic5 is c:\python36\python.exe.
> Generating the C++ source for the QtCore module...
> c:\python36\sip.exe -w -f -t WS_WIN -t Qt_5_6_1 -x PyQt_SSL -B Qt_6_0_0 -o -y QtCore.pyi -c c:\dev\d\PyQt5_gpl-5.6\PyQt5_gpl-5.6\QtCore -I sip -I c:/dev/d/PyQt5_gpl-5.6/PyQt5_gpl-5.6/sip c:/dev/d/PyQt5_gpl-5.6/PyQt5_gpl-5.6/sip/QtCore/QtCoremod.sip
> sip: Deprecation warning: c:/dev/d/PyQt5_gpl-5.6/PyQt5_gpl-5.6/sip/QtCore/QtCoremod.sip:23: %Module version numbers are deprecated and ignored
> Error: Unable to create the C++ code.
> 
> I notice that unlike the Linux configure.py run, there seems to be no "generating pro files" set. Apart from that, not even in verbose mode, I can figure out why this error happens.

...because you don't have a time machine. The version of PyQt is only loosely related to the version of Qt. If you are using the latest version of SIP then use the latest version of PyQt.

Phil