Generate moc_*cpp after sip-module --no-compile

[Phil Thompson]

On 02/09/2024 19:07, Patrick Stinson wrote:
> Sorry, brain fart. I meant sip-build not sip-module.
> 
>> On Sep 2, 2024, at 9:57 AM, Patrick Stinson <patrickkidd at gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi there,
>> 
>> 
>> I am trying to figure out the intended way to generate the moc_*.cpp 
>> sources for my app’s custom PyQt/sip extension before running 
>> pyqtdeploy-build. This is for an automated build pipeline on GitHub.
>> 
>> "sip-module —no-compile” will generate the extension's non-moc .cpp 
>> and .h files but it doesn’t generate the moc_*.cpp. I have all this 
>> working by just running “sip-module” without “—no-compile,” but that 
>> unnecessarily builds the extension which adds extra redundant run 
>> time. All I want to do is generate the sources so they can be compiled 
>> in the app’s actual compilation phase.
>> 
>> What is the intended way to do this? Is it to manually run the moc exe 
>> to generate the sources?
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> -Patrick

I assume you are using PyQt-builder so I would use --no-make and run 
make separately with the targets that will run moc only - hopefully 
qmake generates useful targets.

Phil