[QScintilla] Problems generating QScintilla Python bindings

[detlev]

Hi,

it is not possible to build the QScintilla Python bindings of the latest 
stable release with older sip versions (4.9.1 on my system). The output on the 
console is

prompt> python configure.py -c -j8
QScintilla 2.4.1 is being used.
PyQt 4.6.1 is being used.
Qt v4.5.3 free edition is being used.
SIP 4.9.1 is being used.
The QScintilla module will be installed in
/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/PyQt4.
The QScintilla API file will be installed in /usr/share/qt4/qsci/api/python.
The QScintilla .sip files will be installed in /usr/share/sip/PyQt4.
The QScintilla module is being built with generated docstrings.
Generating the C++ source for the Qsci module...
"/usr/bin/sip" -x VendorID -t WS_X11 -x PyQt_NoPrintRangeBug -t Qt_4_5_0 -x 
Py_v3 -g -a QScintilla2.api -I /usr/share/sip/PyQt4 -o -j 8 -c . -b qsci.sbf 
sip/qscimod4.sip
sip: Usage: sip [-h] [-V] [-a file] [-c dir] [-d file] [-e] [-g] [-I dir] [-j 
#] [-m file] [-p module] [-r] [-s suffix] [-t tag] [-w] [-x feature] [-z file] 
[file]
Error: Unable to create the C++ code.

The additional line showing the assembled call to sip is generated by a print 
statement include by me to debug the problem. It seems that the -o and -b 
switches are not supported by older sip. Unfortunately openSUSE 11.2 still has 
sip 4.9.1.

Regards,
Detlev
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Detlev Offenbach
detlev at die-offenbachs.de