[PyQt] faulty PyQt 4.10 Makefile on Windows

[Mathias.Born at gmx.de]

On 21.04.2013, 11:37:50 Phil Thompson wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Apr 2013 11:25:15 +0200, Mathias.Born at gmx.de wrote:
>> On 21.04.2013, 10:58:11 Phil Thompson wrote:
>>> On Sun, 21 Apr 2013 01:10:01 +0200, Mathias.Born at gmx.de wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>> Both, the latest stable PyQt 4.10 as well as
>>>> PyQt-win-gpl-snapshot-4.10.1-66f4c96140c6.zip
>>>> generate Makefiles with errors on my Windows machine.
>>>> 
>>>> Instead of
>>>> 
>>>>     @if not exist  
>>>>     D:\_cpp_projects_\Python\Python-3.3.0\Lib\site-packages\PyQt4
> mkdir 
>>>  
>>>>      D:\_cpp_projects_\Python\Python-3.3.0\Lib\site-packages\PyQt4
>>>> 
>>>> I get
>>>> 
>>>>     @if not exist   # legacy
>>>>     D:\_cpp_projects_\Python\Python-3.3.0\Lib\site-packages\PyQt4
> mkdir 
>>>  
>>>>         # legacy
>>>>     D:\_cpp_projects_\Python\Python-3.3.0\Lib\site-packages\PyQt4
>>>> 
>>>> in the 'install' target. Then, Microsoft nmake complains.
>>>> 
>>>> Manually removing all "# legacy" fixed it. But I couldn't figure out
>>> which
>>>> of the
>>>> build tools put it in there.
>> 
>>> That will come from Qt. Which version of Qt?
>> 
>>> Phil
>> 
>> The official "qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.1.0-alpha.7z" from
>> http://qt-project.org/wiki/Qt-5.1-Alpha
>> 
>> Compiled without errors.

> ...so a Qt bug.

> Phil

I find that very strange. Are you saying that a Qt bug changes a
Makefile in _your_ PyQt package where it attempts to copy
the modules to "..\Lib\site-packages\PyQt4"?

Admittedly, I couldn't find the text "# legacy" anywhere in sip, nor
in PyQt.
Even if it is a Qt bug, would you not be interested in knowing more about it?
It prevents building PyQt ...

Best Regards,
Mathias Born