Build error with wip/kdebindings4-python (issue for Python < 2.5)

Hi all,

When trying to compile wip/kdebindings4-python, I encountered the
following error:

[ 98%] Built target kpythonpluginfactory_automoc
Scanning dependencies of target kpythonpluginfactory
[ 99%] Building CXX object 
python/pykde4/kpythonpluginfactory/CMakeFiles/kpythonpluginfactory.dir/kpythonpluginfactory_automoc.o
[100%] Building CXX object 
python/pykde4/kpythonpluginfactory/CMakeFiles/kpythonpluginfactory.dir/kpythonpluginfactory.o
/usr/pkgsrc/wip/kdebindings4-python/work/.buildlink/include/python2.4/object.h:343: 
error: expected unqualified-id before ';' token
/usr/pkgsrc/wip/kdebindings4-python/work/.buildlink/include/python2.4/object.h:343: 
error: abstract declarator 'PyObject*' used as declaration
*** Error code 1

Stop.
make: stopped in 
/usr/pkgsrc/wip/kdebindings4-python/work/kdebindings-4.2.0/_KDE_build
*** Error code 1

Stop.
make: stopped in 
/usr/pkgsrc/wip/kdebindings4-python/work/kdebindings-4.2.0/_KDE_build
*** Error code 1

Stop.
make: stopped in 
/usr/pkgsrc/wip/kdebindings4-python/work/kdebindings-4.2.0/_KDE_build
*** Error code 1

Stop.
make: stopped in /usr/pkgsrc/wip/kdebindings4-python
*** Error code 1

Stop.
make: stopped in /usr/pkgsrc/wip/kdebindings4-python

This is on NetBSD 5.0_RC1/i386, with python24-2.4.5nb2.

It seems this is due to an interaction with QT, according to this bug
report filed with the Python developers:
http://bugs.python.org/issue1086854
(In summary, this is because of name collision between QT and the
Python header file in question: QT's moc preprocessor reserves extra
words beyond what standard C++ specifies, including "slots", which
appears as a variable name in Python's object.h.  This was accounted
for in Python 2.5.)

I've confirmed that rebuilding against python25-2.5.2nb4 avoids this
problem; everything compiles and installs successfully.

So I think either the package needs to be marked as requiring Python
2.5 or above, or else there needs to be a patch to fix this issue if a
user's employing an older version of Python?

Regards,

Dave



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