qt5 qt@5.rb issue building qt@5 from source

[ipatch]

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• My brew doctor output says Your system is ready to brew. and am still able to reproduce my issue.
• I ran brew update and am still able to reproduce my issue.
• I have resolved all warnings from brew doctor and that did not fix my problem.
• I searched for recent similar issues at https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/issues?q=is%3Aissue and found no duplicates.

What were you trying to do (and why)?

attempting to install qt@5.rb ie. qt5 from source. and the install fails.

What happened (include all command output)?

i get the below error message during the install portion of qt5

make[2]: Nothing to be done for `install'.
Error: inreplace failed
`paths` (first) parameter:
  `paths` was empty

What did you expect to happen?

expected the install to complete

Step-by-step reproduction instructions (by running brew commands)

brew install qt5 -v -s

[Bo98]

Did QtWebEngine fail to build (silently)? Do you have full logs (~/Library/Logs/Homebrew/qt@5 or brew gist-logs qt@5)?

[ipatch]

thanks for the reply, i have brew gist-logs qt@5 link here in a few.

and not sure about the qtwebengine failing silently.

[ipatch]

i set the below env var for my user on this system (the box where i can not install qt@5) using,

export HOMEBREW_GITHUB_API_TOKEN=ghp_XXXXXXXgeneratedgithubtoken

then ran the below cmd and got the below output,

brew gist-logs qt@5 -v -d

/Users/ipatch/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/brew.rb (Formulary::FormulaLoader): loading /Users/ipatch/homebrew/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-core/Formula/q/qt@5.rb
/usr/bin/env /Users/ipatch/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/shims/shared/git --version
/usr/bin/env /Users/ipatch/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/shims/shared/curl --version

never saw link for a generate gist log? 🤷‍♂️

i'll see if can attach the logs to this issue or i'll just copy paste them directly as a reply.

[ipatch]

see attachments please.
qt5-config.log
qt5-01.configure.log

if you need the make log let me. i'll have to scp the file to my local machine as it's too large for my clipboard unfortunately.

[ipatch]

is there a particular reason why qt@5 requires a full Xcode installation, and that having the CLT installed is not sufficient?

[cho-m]

Closing issue as specifically outlined in brew doctor:

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You've also modified the formula means you are not building the exact Homebrew/core formula, which is unsupported:

Uncommitted files:
  UU Formula/g/glib.rb
   M Formula/q/qt@5.rb

Based on your brew config and above comments,

Xcode: N/A

you've disabled Xcode requirement which means Qt WebEngine (built on top of Chromium) cannot compile.

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[Bo98]

is there a particular reason why qt@5 requires a full Xcode installation, and that having the CLT installed is not sufficient?

Because, as seen in your logs:

WARNING: QtWebEngine requires at least version 10.0.0, but using Xcode version .

WARNING: QtPdf requires at least version 10.0.0, but using Xcode version .

WARNING: QtWebEngine will not be built.

WARNING: QtPdf will not be built.

The error you get is a direct consequence of you removing that requirement as the formula has code that expects QtWebEngine to be built.

If you don't need QtWebEngine, a custom modified Qt5 with a different name in your own tap could be an option.