27 Feb
2012
27 Feb
'12
8:11 a.m.
I can build tdebindings against ruby
1.8.7 and 1.9.1 without failure against TQt3.
I thought I'd give qtsharp a whirl. I had to install mono
and pnet. I received build errors for a lack of libqtc.la.
Looks like that file is part of some kind of Qt C# bindings
that needs to exist before building tdebindings. The best I
can tell those bindings no longer exist.
I found old discussion threads that seem to indicate qtsharp
has been broken and unsupported in (k)tdebindings for many
years. The configure.in.in (very last line) indicates
likewise.
The short term solution is to use the DO_NOT_COMPILE option,
which already exists in configure.in.in.
Building against ruby 1.9.1 requires a set of patches, all
of which are ruby 1.9.x related.
Building against 1.8.7 required some nominal patching too.
With both there are strange messages that look like
failures, apparently not fatal, but need attention. I notice
differences between the older kdebindings binary package and
the one I build. That tells me some files are not building.
I do not have any of the tdebindings support packages
installed, which likely makes a difference.
Here is what I notice is different between TDE and 3.5.10:
KDE 3.5.10 TDE GIT (4395)
=============================================
---------- dcopidl2java
embedjs embedjs
javalib ----------
jsaccess ----------
kdepyuic ----------
kjscmd kjscmd
koala ----------
krubyinit krubyinit
pylupdate ----------
pyuic ----------
qtrubyinit qtrubyinit
rbkconfig_compiler rbkconfig_compiler
rbqtapi rbqtapi
rbqtsh rbqtsh
rbuic rbuic
sip ----------
---------- shell_xparthost
---------- xp_notepad
pylupdate and pyuic were compiled in 3.5.10 because the 3.5.10 sources contained copies of
the upstream PyQt3. I presume because PyQt3 will not build against TQt3 that those two
apps are now lost to history?
kdepyuic was compiled in 3.5.10 because the 3.5.10 sources contained copies of the
upstream PyKDE3. Is that app available by building python-trinity?
sip was compiled in 3.5.10 because the 3.5.10 sources contained copies of the upstream
sip. Most distros now provide sip separately.
Remaining mysteries are why javalib, jsaccess, and koala did not build. Any ideas?
Darrell