Re: Incorrect Makefile using .prl files from Qt 5.12.4

Apologies, I didn't make it clear in my previous message, but the 
package I am using wraps sipconfig to generate a Makefile. Are you 
saying sipconfig should not be used outside of sip?

On 6/26/19 5:14 PM, Phil Thompson wrote:
> On 26/06/2019 16:03, Hans Gaiser wrote:
>> Hi there,
>>
>> Since Qt 5.12.4, .prl files use $$[QT_INSTALL_LIBS] variables to
>> indicate the absolute location in which Qt libraries are installed. In
>> Qt 5.12.3:
>>
>> cat /usr/lib/libQt5Gui.prl
>>
>> ...
>> QMAKE_PRL_LIBS =  -lQt5Core -lpthread
>>
>> However, in Qt 5.12.4:
>>
>> cat /usr/lib/libQt5Gui.prl
>>
>> ...
>> QMAKE_PRL_LIBS = $$[QT_INSTALL_LIBS]/libQt5Core.so -lpthread
>>
>> These variables are not substituted by sip. The package I am using,
>> uses sip to generate a Makefile. Because of this issue, in my Makefile
>> I have an entry along the lines of:
>>
>> LFLAGS = <....removed for clarity....> -lQt5Core -lpthread -lQt5Gui
>> $$[QT_INSTALL_LIBS]/libQt5Core.so
>>
>> This LFLAG causes failure during compilation. Should sip parse these
>> variables, or should these variables not be in .prl files in the first
>> place (in which case it is an upstream issue)?
>
> The (deprecated) sip build system is only intended to parse the spec 
> files that are part of sip itself.
>
> You might be able to work around it by passing correct values on the 
> command line.
>
> Phil
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