Seems like gcc 4.7 will bring more scope issues. The python-tqt errors received were:
g++ -c -march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -I/usr/include/tqt -I/opt/trinity/include -I/opt/tqt3/include -fpermissive -fPIC -O2 -Wall -W -D_REENTRANT -DNDEBUG -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -I. -I/usr/include/python2.7 -I/opt/tqt3/mkspecs/default -I/opt/tqt3/include -I/usr/X11R6/include -o sipqtTQPtrList0100TQNetworkOperation.o sipqtTQPtrList0100TQNetworkOperation.cpp g++ -c -march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -I/usr/include/tqt -I/opt/trinity/include -I/opt/tqt3/include -fpermissive -fPIC -O2 -Wall -W -D_REENTRANT -DNDEBUG -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -I. -I/usr/include/python2.7 -I/opt/tqt3/mkspecs/default -I/opt/tqt3/include -I/usr/X11R6/include -o sipqtTQValueList0100TQTranslatorMessage.o sipqtTQValueList0100TQTranslatorMessage.cpp /build/src/python-tqt/sip/qt/qobject.sip:1256:1: warning: missing initializer for member '_heaptypeobject::as_number' [-Wmissing-field-initializers] /build/src/python-tqt/sip/qt/qobject.sip:1256:1: warning: missing initializer for member '_heaptypeobject::as_mapping' [-Wmissing-field-initializers] /build/src/python-tqt/sip/qt/qobject.sip:1256:1: warning: missing initializer for member '_heaptypeobject::as_sequence' [-Wmissing-field-initializers] /build/src/python-tqt/sip/qt/qobject.sip:1256:1: warning: missing initializer for member '_heaptypeobject::as_buffer' [-Wmissing-field-initializers] /build/src/python-tqt/sip/qt/qobject.sip:1256:1: warning: missing initializer for member '_heaptypeobject::ht_name' [-Wmissing-field-initializers] /build/src/python-tqt/sip/qt/qobject.sip:1256:1: warning: missing initializer for member '_heaptypeobject::ht_slots' [-Wmissing-field-initializers] qt/sipqtcmodule.cpp:14200:1: warning: narrowing conversion of 'PYTQT_VERSION' from 'unsigned int' to 'int' inside { } is ill-formed in C++11 [-Wnarrowing] qt/sipqtcmodule.cpp: In function 'void initqt()': qt/sipqtcmodule.cpp:14332:40: error: 'SIP_MODULE_NAME' was not declared in this scope qt/sipqtcmodule.cpp:14357:103: error: expected ')' before string constant /build/src/python-tqt/sip/qt/qobject.sip: At global scope: /build/src/python-tqt/sip/qt/qobject.sip:1625:14: warning: 'void* sipTQtCreateUniversalSlot(sipWrapper*, const char*, PyObject*, const char*, const char**, int)' defined but not used [-Wunused-function] /build/src/python-tqt/sip/qt/qobject.sip:1998:13: warning: 'void sipTQtDestroyUniversalSlot(void*)' defined but not used [-Wunused-function] /build/src/python-tqt/sip/qt/qobject.sip:2010:14: warning: 'void* sipTQtFindSlot(void*, const char*, PyObject*, const char*, const char**)' defined but not used [-Wunused-function] /build/src/python-tqt/sip/qt/qobject.sip:2035:12: warning: 'int sipTQtConnect(void*, const char*, void*, const char*, int)' defined but not used [-Wunused-function] /build/src/python-tqt/sip/qt/qobject.sip:2043:12: warning: 'int sipTQtDisconnect(void*, const char*, void*, const char*)' defined but not used [-Wunused-function] /build/src/python-tqt/sip/qt/qobject.sip:2078:17: warning: 'sipSlot* sipTQtFindSipslot(void*, void**)' defined but not used [-Wunused-function] /build/src/python-tqt/sip/qt/qobject.sip:2177:12: warning: 'int sipTQtEmitSignal(PyObject*, const char*, PyObject*)' defined but not used [-Wunused-function] /build/src/python-tqt/sip/qt/qobject.sip:2107:12: warning: 'int sipTQtConnectPySignal(PyObject*, const char*, PyObject*, const char*)' defined but not used [-Wunused-function] /build/src/python-tqt/sip/qt/qobject.sip:2152:13: warning: 'void sipTQtDisconnectPySignal(PyObject*, const char*, PyObject*, const char*)' defined but not used [-Wunused-function]
I'm going to try #define SIP_MODULE_NAME "sip" and see how far that gets me. If you have some other suggestion or if that is wrong -- please let me know. Thanks.