qmake binary name is hard-coded

[marcusbritanicus]

Currently, qmake binary name is hard-coded. This causes issues with Qt6. The qmake binary that comes with Qt6 is named as qmake6. Since the binary name is hard-coded to 'qmake', this causes problems when using sip-wheel to build Qt6 wheels.

Please provide a way to specify the qmake binary name.

[philthompson10]

The qmake binary name is not hard-coded...

https://pyqt-builder.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_line_tools.html#cmdoption-qmake

[marcusbritanicus]

@philthompson10 Thanks for the quick response...! Perhaps, you can help us a little further. We're using PyQt-Builder to build the QTermWidget python module. This is the pyproject.toml file we're using.

This results in an error "qmake" not found. How can we incorporate this option --qmake FILE in our pyproject.toml?

[philthompson10]

You have specified PyQt-builder as a dependency but aren't actually using it. See https://pyqt-builder.readthedocs.io/en/latest/example.html#an-example (specifically the project-factory setting).

[marcusbritanicus]

@philthompson10 Thanks for the example. As a test I tried building QtCharts module for PyQt6 from source. I'm afraid it fails to build. Here is the error message:

$ sip-wheel --verbose
pyproject.toml: line 7: using '[tool.sip.metadata]' to specify the project metadata is deprecated and will be removed in SIP v7.0.0, use '[project]' instead
sip-wheel: pyproject.toml: 'tool.sip.project.qmake': specify a working qmake or add it to PATH

Edit:
I am using Arch (updated, latest). I have qt6-base installed on my system (v 6.6.2). Hence, I do not have /usr/bin/qmake installed. Please have a look at the package here.

[philthompson10]

On 29/03/2024 09:39, Marcus Britanicus wrote: @philthompson10 Thanks for the example. As a test I tried building QtCharts module for PyQt6 from source. I'm afraid it fails to build. Here is the error message: ```   ~/PyQt6_Charts-6.6.0  5s 󰌠 3.11.8 03:07:29 PM IST ❯ sip-wheel --verbose pyproject.toml: line 7: using '[tool.sip.metadata]' to specify the project metadata is deprecated and will be removed in SIP v7.0.0, use '[project]' instead sip-wheel: pyproject.toml: 'tool.sip.project.qmake': specify a working qmake or add it to PATH ```

So use the --qmake option. Note every standard Qt installation has qmake and qmake6.

[marcusbritanicus]

@philthompson10 Ah thanks. I see that I misunderstood your original message. That was partly because sip-wheel --help does not list the --qmake option. Thanks a lot for your help!!

Edit:

So use the --qmake option. Note every standard Qt installation has qmake and qmake6.

Currently, on Arch, qmake points to the binary from qt5-base. Unlike debian and co, arch does not have qt-chooser package. Of course, one can install from aur, but, that's an option and not a necessity.

[philthompson10]

On 29/03/2024 10:04, Marcus Britanicus wrote: @philthompson10 Ah thanks. I see that I misunderstood your original message. That was partly because `sip-wheel --help` does not list the `--qmake` option. Thanks a lot for your help!!

It gives the correct help if you have set project-factory.