Unfortunately I don't know much about the architecture of python/sip/pyqt/pykde, but as per: *begin quote* Sounds like it. The sip files (portable) are used to generate the cpp/h files (platform specific), and then the cpp files are compiled to build the actual bindings libs. PyQt no longer needs the sip files when that's done, but any other PyQt based bindings (PyKDE and I presume PyQwt) need the PyQt sip files kind of like the way cpp files need h files from a lib you're linking to - they're needed so that all symbols can be resolved when sip is generating the cpp code for the next PyQt based module. *end quote* [I'm not sure how to reference a newsgroup discussion. You can find the thread on comp.lang.python with subject "PyQwt" started by me (Mark) on Oct. 31. Jim responded with the above ... it hasn't made its way into groups.google yet] I presume that the PyQt ebuild should install the *.sip files to some common location. Perhaps /usr/share/sip/*.sip? I can look into modifying the ebuild to do this, but I wanted confirmation that this is necessary. Regards, Mark
I agree that this needs to be done. However I do not know, and have been unable to find, the default/standard/recommended location to place the sip files. I checked the suse and mdk packages, and theyb don't sintall the sip files at all. Why do you suggest /usr/share/sip, is it a default somewhere? Where does pykde expect to find them?
PyQwt requires you to set a variable during the compile process that points to qt.sip and friends. I think PyKDE does some searching. I'm not sure where it expects them. Maybe PyKDE includes its own copies? The source I downloaded to investigate this is a bit old now ... it may be out of date. I decided on /usr/share/sip based on a whim. It doesn't seem to me it should go in an *include* directory, since those are for C/C++ include files. I also hate non-libraries in any lib directory (although it is allowed by the hierarchy standard). Regards, Mark
OK, I'm back on this... I found the (official?) redhat rpm (the one that's on the pyqt site, not on the redhat site) and it puts pyqt's .sip files in /usr/share/sip/qt. Good enough; I've made the ebuild (a new revision) put them there.
