Closed barracuda156 closed 1 year ago
cat Development/biblioteq.d/Documentation/COMPILING Qt 4.8.7 is not supported. Qt 5.5.1 and Qt LTS versions are supported.
qmake -o Makefile biblioteq.platform.pro gmake or make or mingw32-make
@textbrowser Darwin PowerPC has no Qt5. We need Qt4 support -_-
Sources also explicitly mention Qt4: https://github.com/textbrowser/biblioteq/blob/e3fe645277b904a258739f87488666b37b3c653d/biblioteq.powerpc.pro#L15-L22
https://github.com/textbrowser/biblioteq/releases/tag/2023.06.06
Notice the Debian PowerPC file. So, if you apply the proper Qt, it works.
Ugh. Qt 4.8.7 is long lost. Wait, did you also try building Spot-On-Lite with Qt 4?
I cannot apologize but I will. I do not have a Qt 4.8.7 machine anywhere. And if I did, it's a lot of work. You have Qt 5 LTS and Qt 6 LTS. Qt 5.9, Qt 5.12, Qt 5.15, Qt 6.2, Qt 6.5.
@textbrowser Darwin PowerPC has no Qt5. We need Qt4 support -_-
Sources also explicitly mention Qt4:
Thanks and I'll correct them!
Is Darwin PPC updated for security? If not, oh nooooo!
@textbrowser Seriously, can we restore Qt4 rather than removing it from sources? At least for PPC.
Wait, it was working? Your other comment suggested that it does.
@textbrowser It apparently was working, prior to some commit which has broken it by unconditionally including Qt5-only component. I can see if I can revert that commit and build it.
Well, the UI files are impossible to Qt-version. They require I modify them and include their concepts in the source instead. How do I verify my progress? I have to tell you and wait for a response. It could be a month.
I have a solution. Koha or some other huuuuge library product. Just kidding. If you send me your machine, I will properly support everything I do for everything.
@textbrowser If you could make a branch for Qt4, I will test that. No urgency here, of course, but it would be great to have Qt4 supported.
OK, OK. Bad humor. You see? The solution is quite abstract. Without Qt 4, I cannot help. And since I cannot download Qt anywhere, what am I to do? Build it from source. Next time I update my beautiful machine, I have to remember Qt 4!
Who uses Darwin PowerPC?
Aha, it's one of those melodramatic communities of times long abandoned dreaming about hardware that lasts forever and denouncing today's commercialization, consumption, and abandonment culture. A connection to the finer aspects of the natural world where technology is purposed for the lifetime of the operator..
I respect those communities. I believe in their ideals.
Which source release builds for you?
Which source release builds for you?
You mean Qt4? 4.8.7 builds and works perfectly: https://ports.macports.org/port/qt4-mac/details (If you got MacOS, this should be installable pre-built for Intel.)
No, which of the newest BQ source release works?
We can then limit the amount of work and ping-pong.
I have used
biblioteq.powerpc.pro
for the config, just fixing optflags and paths there.Versions used: