[PyQt] Failing to properly install/run Qt 5.8.0, / PyQt 5.7.1 / sip 4.19 / Python3.5 / macOS 10.12.2

[Phil Thompson]

On 26 Jan 2017, at 10:42 am, Sjoerd Bergmans <s_j_o_e_r_d_97 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi all, 
> 
> I am new to the mailinglist. I am trying the get the combination of Qt 5.8.0, / PyQt 5.7.1 / sip 4.19 / Python3.5 to work on my macOS 10.12.2 (Sierra). I've run into several problems which I've explained in detail here at Ask Different. 
> 
> Some of the problems I've managed to solve, but there is one that keeps preventing me to properly install PyQt 5.7.1.
> 
> Once I run the command:
> 
> python3.5 configure.py --destdir /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/lib/python3.5/site-packages --qmake ~/Qt5.8.0/5.8/clang_64/bin/qmake
> 
> And try to apple `make` afterwards, the make process crashes with the following error:
> 
> ~/Downloads/PyQt5_gpl-5.7.1/QtCore/sipQtCoreQt.cpp:1093:62: error: no member named 'WindowCancelButtonHint' in namespace 'Qt'; did you mean
>       'WindowCloseButtonHint'?
>     {sipName_WindowCancelButtonHint, static_cast<int>( ::Qt::WindowCancelButtonHint), 419},
>                                                        ~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> 
>     WindowCloseButtonHint
> ../../../Qt5.8.0/5.8/clang_64/lib/QtCore.framework/Headers/qnamespace.h:300:9: note: 'WindowCloseButtonHint' declared here
>         WindowCloseButtonHint = 0x08000000,
>         ^
> ~/Downloads/PyQt5_gpl-5.7.1/QtCore/sipQtCoreQt.cpp:1106:58: error: no member named 'WindowOkButtonHint' in namespace 'Qt'
>     {sipName_WindowOkButtonHint, static_cast<int>( ::Qt::WindowOkButtonHint), 419},
>                                                    ~~~~~~^
> 2 errors generated.
> make[1]: *** [sipQtCoreQt.o] Error 1
> make: *** [sub-QtCore-make_first-ordered] Error 2
> 
> 
> I was advised there to contact this mailing list since one of the Ask Different users mentioned, in relation to my problem: 
> 
> "This is a known problem that will persist until Riverbank upgrades their software". 
> 
> I am hoping anyone on this list might confirm this diagnose and, if so, might have any idea on when to expect these updates?

Tonight's snapshots should fully support Qt v5.8.0.

Phil