Issue building qt 5.12 from latest git repo

code_fodder

Just tried a config like this configure -debug -opensource -confirm-license -nomake examples -nomake tests -static -static-runtime -skip webengine -prefix "C:\install\Qt\5.12.1-static" which more closley matches what @kshegunov mentioned - but I got the same error : (

Note: git log yields (so I am also on 5.12 branch):

* 1c6f272 (HEAD -> 5.12, origin/HEAD, origin/5.12) Update submodules on '5.12' in qt5                                  
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| | * b0afdd4 (origin/5.13) Update submodules on '5.13' in qt5                                                         
| | * 2471d6d (tag: v5.13.0-alpha1) Update qtwebengine                                                                 
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| | *   84aa9b7 Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/dev' into 5.13                                                    
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kshegunov

The configure seems okay to me. Very odd. Do you get the same if you don't do a static build?

PS. Also try with forward slashes to exclude some path escaping nonsense. C:/install/Qt/5.12.1-static

code_fodder

@kshegunov I just did this:

rm * -r (I have the linux like commands installed because I prefer them - but its still just a dos prompt)
configure -debug -opensource -confirm-license -nomake examples -nomake tests -skip webengine -prefix "C:/install/Qt/5.12.1-sharedlibs
mingw32-make -j8

Same issue :((

I am going to try exactly what you did! and see...

kshegunov

Just be sure to run git submodule foreach --recursive "git clean -dfx" && git clean -dfx before each configure, to be completely certain there's no *.cache files left over from the previous attempt.

code_fodder

@kshegunov good idea - I will do that.

While I am doing that, did you see this before: https://forum.qt.io/topic/95040/build-qt5-from-git-with-msys2-fails-on-wrong-includes

I just wander if its relevant. But I am not using msys or anything... just wanted to get your thoughts...

kshegunov

I don't know, it may be. I too use strawberry pearl when I do my windows testing (I develop and use Linux principally). You could try it if anything else doesn't work. It'd also allow you to run the repo's perl init script.

code_fodder

@kshegunov well, i just did the super squeaky clean, I even opened using dos cmd.exe just in case conemu was causing an issue (using mingw-w64.bat to set the tool chain path) ... it was a thoroughly horrid experience, I don't recommend it! (why Microsoft, oh why is your command prompt the same one from the 1980's?!?)

but alas, I got the same result (I was following what you did this time - i.e. exactly the same config. As mentioned in that other post (if I change #include <QVector> to #include "qvector.h" that file does compile - but then I just hit another issue later...

I am sort of out of ideas - I have had this all working on linux many times, but I just can't seem to get to grips with the windows builds of late : (

btw guys your support / ideas are much appreciated (and @SGaist)

SGaist

Did you check whether the QXXXX files were generated ?
Also, can you test if you have the same problem with 5.12.1 ?

code_fodder

@SGaist Where would these be? (I mean where should I look)

I am about to do somthing a bit crazy - and install windows 10!... juuuuust in case... that might take me a little while, but I should still be able to check these QXXX files...

Once I do that, yes I will try to build 5.12.1 (I assume that is a git branch)

code_fodder

In my build directory I did this (in the qtbase sub folder):

D:\install\Qt\qt5_static_build\qtbase>find -name "QVector*"

D:\install\Qt\qt5_static_build\qtbase>find -name "qvector*"
./include/QtCore/qvector.h

so I found qvector.h, but not QVector

SGaist

So this means that the forward headers are not generated.

Do you have perl installed ?

code_fodder

@SGaist yes:

D:\install\Qt\qt5_static_build\qtbase>perl --version

This is perl 5, version 22, subversion 1 (v5.22.1) built for x86_64-msys-thread-multi

Copyright 1987-2015, Larry Wall

Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the
GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit.

Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on
this system using "man perl" or "perldoc perl".  If you have access to the
Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home Page.

code_fodder

So I am currently doing: perl init-repository --module-subset=essential

I had assumed that was just the equivalent of git submodule update --init --recurive

code_fodder

@SGaist ... damn, that did not compile still. Also in my out of source build folder I still can't find "QVector*" ... Is there some way to force the generation of QXXX files?

kshegunov

Would you try strawberry pearl? I imagine this is related to the link you posted (about msys) after all.

code_fodder

@kshegunov yes I would try that! - I was just about to try 5.12.1... but that is probably not the issue. I will go look for strawberry perl...

code_fodder

@kshegunov I assume (just downloading it) that you want me to run the perl init repo line again with strawberry perl?

code_fodder

So I just did the init repo with strawberry perl. it did stuff, but gave me a strange warning at the end. Anyway, I am continuing with the config / build...

D:\install\Qt\qt5_git_repo>perl init-repository -f
+ git submodule init qt3d qtactiveqt qtandroidextras qtbase qtcanvas3d qtcharts qtconnectivity qtdatavis3d qtdeclarative qtdoc qtgamepad qtgraphicaleffects qtimageformats qtlocation qtmacextras qtmultimedia qtnetworkauth qtpurchasing qtqa qtquickcontrols qtquickcontrols2 qtremoteobjects qtrepotools qtscript qtscxml qtsensors qtserialbus qtserialport qtspeech qtsvg qttools qttranslations qtvirtualkeyboard qtwayland qtwebchannel qtwebengine qtwebglplugin qtwebsockets qtwebview qtwinextras qtx11extras qtxmlpatterns
Submodule 'qt3d' (https://github.com/qt/qt3d.git) registered for path 'qt3d'
Submodule 'qtactiveqt' (https://github.com/qt/qtactiveqt.git) registered for path 'qtactiveqt'
Submodule 'qtandroidextras' (https://github.com/qt/qtandroidextras.git) registered for path 'qtandroidextras'
Submodule 'qtcanvas3d' (https://github.com/qt/qtcanvas3d.git) registered for path 'qtcanvas3d'
Submodule 'qtcharts' (https://github.com/qt/qtcharts.git) registered for path 'qtcharts'
Submodule 'qtconnectivity' (https://github.com/qt/qtconnectivity.git) registered for path 'qtconnectivity'
Submodule 'qtdatavis3d' (https://github.com/qt/qtdatavis3d.git) registered for path 'qtdatavis3d'
Submodule 'qtgamepad' (https://github.com/qt/qtgamepad.git) registered for path 'qtgamepad'
Submodule 'qtgraphicaleffects' (https://github.com/qt/qtgraphicaleffects.git) registered for path 'qtgraphicaleffects'
Submodule 'qtimageformats' (https://github.com/qt/qtimageformats.git) registered for path 'qtimageformats'
Submodule 'qtlocation' (https://github.com/qt/qtlocation.git) registered for path 'qtlocation'
Submodule 'qtmacextras' (https://github.com/qt/qtmacextras.git) registered for path 'qtmacextras'
Submodule 'qtnetworkauth' (https://github.com/qt/qtnetworkauth.git) registered for path 'qtnetworkauth'
Submodule 'qtpurchasing' (https://github.com/qt/qtpurchasing.git) registered for path 'qtpurchasing'
Submodule 'qtquickcontrols' (https://github.com/qt/qtquickcontrols.git) registered for path 'qtquickcontrols'
Submodule 'qtremoteobjects' (https://github.com/qt/qtremoteobjects.git) registered for path 'qtremoteobjects'
Submodule 'qtscript' (https://github.com/qt/qtscript.git) registered for path 'qtscript'
Submodule 'qtscxml' (https://github.com/qt/qtscxml.git) registered for path 'qtscxml'
Submodule 'qtsensors' (https://github.com/qt/qtsensors.git) registered for path 'qtsensors'
Submodule 'qtserialbus' (https://github.com/qt/qtserialbus.git) registered for path 'qtserialbus'
Submodule 'qtserialport' (https://github.com/qt/qtserialport.git) registered for path 'qtserialport'
Submodule 'qtspeech' (https://github.com/qt/qtspeech.git) registered for path 'qtspeech'
Submodule 'qtsvg' (https://github.com/qt/qtsvg.git) registered for path 'qtsvg'
Submodule 'qtvirtualkeyboard' (https://github.com/qt/qtvirtualkeyboard.git) registered for path 'qtvirtualkeyboard'
Submodule 'qtwayland' (https://github.com/qt/qtwayland.git) registered for path 'qtwayland'
Submodule 'qtwebchannel' (https://github.com/qt/qtwebchannel.git) registered for path 'qtwebchannel'
Submodule 'qtwebengine' (https://github.com/qt/qtwebengine.git) registered for path 'qtwebengine'
Submodule 'qtwebglplugin' (https://github.com/qt/qtwebglplugin.git) registered for path 'qtwebglplugin'
Submodule 'qtwebsockets' (https://github.com/qt/qtwebsockets.git) registered for path 'qtwebsockets'
Submodule 'qtwebview' (https://github.com/qt/qtwebview.git) registered for path 'qtwebview'
Submodule 'qtwinextras' (https://github.com/qt/qtwinextras.git) registered for path 'qtwinextras'
Submodule 'qtx11extras' (https://github.com/qt/qtx11extras.git) registered for path 'qtx11extras'
Submodule 'qtxmlpatterns' (https://github.com/qt/qtxmlpatterns.git) registered for path 'qtxmlpatterns'
+ git config commit.template D:/install/Qt/qt5_git_repo/.commit-template
+ git config remote.origin.url https://github.com/qt/qt3d.git
+ git fetch origin
+ git config commit.template D:/install/Qt/qt5_git_repo/.commit-template
+ git config remote.gerrit.url ssh://codereview.qt-project.org/qt/qt3d.git
+ git config remote.gerrit.fetch +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/gerrit/* /heads/
+ git config remote.origin.url https://github.com/qt/qtactiveqt.git
+ git fetch origin
+ git config commit.template D:/install/Qt/qt5_git_repo/.commit-template
+ git config remote.gerrit.url ssh://codereview.qt-project.org/qt/qtactiveqt.git
+ git config remote.gerrit.fetch +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/gerrit/* /heads/
+ git config remote.origin.url https://github.com/qt/qtandroidextras.git
+ git fetch origin
+ git config commit.template D:/install/Qt/qt5_git_repo/.commit-template
+ git config remote.gerrit.url ssh://codereview.qt-project.org/qt/qtandroidextras.git
+ git config remote.gerrit.fetch +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/gerrit/* /heads/
+ git config remote.origin.url https://github.com/qt/qtbase.git
+ git fetch origin
+ git config commit.template D:/install/Qt/qt5_git_repo/.commit-template
+ git config remote.gerrit.url ssh://codereview.qt-project.org/qt/qtbase.git
+ git config remote.gerrit.fetch +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/gerrit/* /heads/
warning: remote.gerrit.fetch has multiple values
git config remote.gerrit.fetch +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/gerrit/* /heads/ exited with status 1280 at init-repository line 198.
        Qt::InitRepository::exe(Qt::InitRepository=HASH(0x7fa328), "git", "config", "remote.gerrit.fetch", "+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/gerrit/*", "/heads/") called at init-repository line 462
        Qt::InitRepository::git_add_remotes(Qt::InitRepository=HASH(0x7fa328), "qtbase.git") called at init-repository line 566
        Qt::InitRepository::git_clone_one_submodule(Qt::InitRepository=HASH(0x7fa328), "qtbase", "qtbase.git", 0, "") called at init-repository line 409
        Qt::InitRepository::git_clone_all_submodules(Qt::InitRepository=HASH(0x7fa328), "qt5", 0, "", "preview", "essential", "addon", "deprecated") called at init-repository line 645
        Qt::InitRepository::run(Qt::InitRepository=HASH(0x7fa328)) called at init-repository line 656

code_fodder

Ok, so configured (statically as before without -no-pch) and hit make -j8... now the build has been going for far longer then before!

After the config I still could not see the QXXX files, but once the build started (its still going) I got:

D:\install\Qt\qt5_static_build>find -name "QVector*"
./qtbase/include/QtCore/QVector
./qtbase/include/QtCore/QVectorIterator
./qtbase/include/QtGui/QVector2D
./qtbase/include/QtGui/QVector3D
./qtbase/include/QtGui/QVector4D

So, this looks like the issue... what the difference its between the two perls - I have no idea! - but its looking very good at the moment. I think I can close this issue becuase the specific build error I had is gone (I may still have other troubles - but they can be in a new issue if required).

Guys @SGaist @kshegunov - you have both been great - can't upvote enough...

code_fodder

btw - I did get another error few minutes later... but I have a few things I can try (its another file that can't be found) but if I struggle I will start a bew post! - setting this as resovled