[Gambas-user] qt4/qt5 and gb.gui.qt

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On 8/7/23 1:37 pm, T Lee Davidson wrote:
> On 7/7/23 20:25, gbWilly via User wrote:
>> Hi Lee,
>>
> [snip]
>>
>> So, to make a package for both qt4 and qt5 I need gb.gui.qt which 
>> will install depending on what is available on the target system. I 
>> can't package for gb.gui.qt as I have no gb.gui.qt.ext. And no 
>> gb.gui.ext also complains during compilation with a TextEditor on a 
>> form, so forget making a package without it, unless you remove the 
>> TextEditor of course...
>
> Ah, yes, I see what you mean.
>
>
> [snip]
>> So, I have a workaround, but it kind off makes no sense to have no 
>> gb.gui.qt.ext component so you can package applications using 
>> TextEditor gb.qt4/gb.qt5 independent.
>
> I agree. It is quite a sticky conundrum. There is another potential 
> workaround, but it seems rather ugly.
>
> I created a working app with TextEdit based on gb.qt5 and gb.qt5.ext. 
> Then, in the packaging wizard step "7. Extra dependencies", I added 
> gb.qt4 and gb.qt4.ext.
>
> The installation software (YAST2 on this system) complains that 
> nothing can provide gb.qt4 and gives the option to break the 
> application by ignoring some of its dependencies. I chose that option 
> and then also told the installer to ignore the failed integrity check.
>
> It installed, and works. I do not know if that strategy would work to 
> install on a qt4 system since the TextEdit component (coded with 
> gb.qt5.ext) may have a hard dependency on qt5, and I also have no 
> gb.qt4 nor gb.qt4.ext available to test it.
>
>
Well both the sources of CTextEdit.cpp and CTextEdit.h are the same in 
the qt4 and qt5 directories I can't see there would be some qt5 dependency.

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