[Qgis-developer] Re: INSTALL.t2t edits

[John C. Tull]

On Nov 18, 2009, at 9:13 AM, William Kyngesburye wrote:

> On Nov 18, 2009, at 11:00 AM, John C. Tull wrote:
> 
>> On Nov 18, 2009, at 8:54 AM, William Kyngesburye wrote:
>> 
>>> OK, comments and questions:
>>> 
>>> - what is the 32bit python/qt issue with cmake?  configuration?  compilation?  I guess I need to check on the cmake compilation occassionally ;)
>> 
>> Basically, when you try the cmake installation with qt-carbon (either 4.5.3 or 4.6.0-rc/beta), a complaint about not finding pyqt4 is generated and python bindings are not enabled. I cannot seem to find much out about why this happens or how to get around it. That was where the -m32 settings came from; a shot in the dark to see if it would work. So, the problem is in configuration.
>> 
> ... ah, it's very possible that the cmake tests are running python raw, which on Snow means 64bit, thus it doesn't find the 32bit PyQt and SIP.  I can look at it to see if there is an option or workaround so it tests 32bit.
> 
> I'm updating Qt/SIP/PyQt to current release versions (4.5.3/4.9.1/4.6.1 Carbon) and I'll try a cmake build.

A more knowledgeable set of eyes and hands on this will be good! I tried a few things, like prepending the python binary path from ccmake with 'arch -i386', but could not find a solution.

Cheers,
John