[PyKDE] PyQt for Windows does not link.

[Phil Thompson]

Erik Weber wrote:
> 
> Dear list,
> 
> When compiling PyQt-2.5 with MSVC v6.0, link never terminates.  PyQt is
> being linked with Qt 2.3.1 for Windows (licensed commercial version) and
> Python 2.1 for Windows.  Running link with the /VERBOSE option, the last few
> messages are:
> 
> [snip 8186 lines of output...]
>     Discarded "public: virtual void * __thiscall QList<class
> QWidget>::`scalar deleting destructor'(unsigned int)"
> (??_G?$QList at VQWidget@@@@UAEPAXI at Z) from qtcmodule.obj
>     Discarded "public: virtual void * __thiscall QList<class
> QObject>::`scalar deleting destructor'(unsigned int)"
> (??_G?$QList at VQObject@@@@UAEPAXI at Z) from qtcmodule.obj
>     Discarded "public: virtual void * __thiscall QList<char>::`scalar
> deleting destructor'(unsigned int)" (??_G?$QList at D@@UAEPAXI at Z) from
> qtcmodule.obj
>     Discarded "public: virtual void * __thiscall QArray<class
> QPoint>::`scalar deleting destructor'(unsigned int)"
> (??_G?$QArray at VQPoint@@@@UAEPAXI at Z) from qtcmodule.obj
>     Discarded "public: static class QString  __cdecl sipProxyqt::tr(char
> const *,char const *)" (?tr at sipProxyqt@@SA?AVQString@@PBD0 at Z) from
> qtcmodule.obj
>     Discarded "public: static class QString  __cdecl sipProxyqt::tr(char
> const *)" (?tr at sipProxyqt@@SA?AVQString@@PBD at Z) from qtcmodule.obj
> 
> Any ideas?

Define "never terminates". How long did you give it? When I used to
build PyQt under VMware it took many hours. I now build under a 700MHz
P3 running native W2K and it still takes around an hour.

That said, I haven't built the particular combination you are talking
about.

Phil