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Re: [trinity-devel] kdebindings 3.5.13: embedviewimp.h build errors

From: "Timothy Pearson" <kb9vqf@...>
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 22:56:40 -0600
>> Slackware 13.1
>>
>> Previously built kdebindings without this error. I don't
>> know what is different this time around.
>>
>> Log:
>>
>> http://humanreadable.nfshost.com/trinity/build_logs/kdebindings-3.5.13-i486-1-build.log.gz
>>
>> The log also says the following:
>>
>> Detected TQt3...
>> ...
>> checking if TQt is available... no
>> configure: WARNING: You are attempting to compile Trinity
>> without the Trinity Qt Interface installed.  Please
>> install libtqtinterface-dev and try again!
>>
>> tqtinterface is installed.
>>
>> I don't know what this error messages keys on, but the
>> phrase "Please install libtqtinterface-dev and try again!"
>> seems Debian specific.
>>
>> Need help. :)
>
> I don't know what's happening, but I discovered when I build and install
> tqtinterface to my normal $PREFIX of /opt/trinity that kdebindings will
> fail to build. When I build and install tqtinterface to /usr then
> kdebindings builds without the aforementioned failure.
>
> Thus the "configure: WARNING" might be a valid error. Is there something
> in tqtinterface that requires installing to /usr or something in
> kdebindings that is hard-coded only to look for something tqt related in
> /usr?
>
> Tim?

Yes there is, as a bit of a hack all TDE Autotools-based packages include
/usr/include/tqt in their include search paths.

Yes, this should be revamped.  Having someone help create a patch would be
a way to make sure it gets in to our next release. ;-)

Tim