Digikam GSoC 2021

[Anjani Kumar]

It seems like Qt 5.15.1 is also failing to be configured. I also set the system installed openssl path but the errors are same :(

On Apr 3 2021, at 5:45 pm, Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com> wrote:
> The way to pass env var to Qt5 configure script is explained in helper doc :
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> https://invent.kde.org/graphics/digikam/-/blob/master/project/bundles/3rdparty/ext_qt/5.15/config_help-5.15.txt#L3 (https://link.getmailspring.com/link/F2B60C9B-FB85-4975-AF43-660FA32387D3@getmailspring.com/0?redirect=https%3A%2F%2Finvent.kde.org%2Fgraphics%2Fdigikam%2F-%2Fblob%2Fmaster%2Fproject%2Fbundles%2F3rdparty%2Fext_qt%2F5.15%2Fconfig_help-5.15.txt%23L3&recipient=ZGlnaWthbS1kZXZlbEBrZGUub3Jn)
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> Variables most be passed at end of .configure options, else it do not work.
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> MGA 7 provide openssl 1.1.0, not 1.1.1, as required to build Qt 5.15.2. this is why openssl is previously build as static library in /opt/openssl/ and env is passed to .configure script like this :
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> https://invent.kde.org/graphics/digikam/-/blob/master/project/bundles/3rdparty/ext_qt/5.15/CMakeLists.txt#L89 (https://link.getmailspring.com/link/F2B60C9B-FB85-4975-AF43-660FA32387D3@getmailspring.com/1?redirect=https%3A%2F%2Finvent.kde.org%2Fgraphics%2Fdigikam%2F-%2Fblob%2Fmaster%2Fproject%2Fbundles%2F3rdparty%2Fext_qt%2F5.15%2FCMakeLists.txt%23L89&recipient=ZGlnaWthbS1kZXZlbEBrZGUub3Jn)
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> ... but definitively, this doesn't work, certainly because .configure script from Qt is buggy :
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> Checking for OpenSSL...
> Trying source 0 (type openssl) of library openssl ...
> $OPENSSL_LIBS is not set.
> => source produced no result.
> Trying source 1 (type inline) of library openssl ...
> => source failed condition 'config.win32'.
> Trying source 2 (type inline) of library openssl ...
> => source failed condition 'config.msvc'.
> Trying source 3 (type inline) of library openssl ...
> => source failed condition 'config.android'.
> Trying source 4 (type inline) of library openssl ...
> Include path \"/opt/openssl/include/\" is invalid.
> => source produced no result.
>
>
> So :
>
> 1/ we cannot remove the system based openssl 1.1.0 as it used by plenty Qt5/KF5/DK dependencies to comple (aka mariabd, ffmpeg,opencv, etc.)
> 2/ to compile Qt 5.15.2, openssl 1.1.1 is required (too bad). So we need a extra static openssl only for qtbase.
> 3/ as .configure make a mess, and as i'm tired to waste my time with this archaic build system. I said stop.
> 4/ as Qt6 will be based on cmake and not qmake/configure
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> ==> we will use Qt 5.15.1 under MGA7, as this version of Qt only require openssl 1.1.0.
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> And that all.
>
> Gilles Caulier
>
>
> Le sam. 3 avr. 2021 à 12:57, Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com (mailto:caulier.gilles at gmail.com)> a écrit :
> > I currently working on this port : MGA6 => MGA7
> >
> > I am falling on the same dysfunction.
> >
> > Gilles Caulier
> > Le sam. 3 avr. 2021 à 12:23, Anjani Kumar <anjanik012 at gmail.com (mailto:anjanik012 at gmail.com)> a écrit :
> > > Hello, I am running a Mageia 7.1 instance and trying to run appimage scripts. The first script is failing in configuring Qt 5.15. There are the things I have done
> > >
> > > build ext_openssl, and Qt configuration step always fails with
> > > ERROR: Feature 'openssl-linked' was enabled, but the pre-condition '!features.securetransport && !features.schannel && libs.openssl' failed.
> > > I have tried other ways to provide the path but it always fails with this msg. How to pass the path correctly?
> > > On Apr 3 2021, at 11:01 am, Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com (mailto:caulier.gilles at gmail.com)> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Le sam. 3 avr. 2021 à 06:37, Anjani Kumar <anjanik012 at gmail.com (https://link.getmailspring.com/link/4FF348DD-66C7-4FAA-BC58-1CCE0E059A88@getmailspring.com/0?redirect=mailto%3Aanjanik012%40gmail.com&recipient=ZGlnaWthbS1kZXZlbEBrZGUub3Jn)> a écrit :
> > > > > Is there a specific reason to upgrade to mageia 7.1 and not 8? Qt 5.15 is available in the official repos for mageia 8 while for mageia 7.1 it is 5.12 and we would have to build Qt 5.15.
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> > > >
> > > >
> > > > yes there is. the libc version to use when AppImage bundle contents is compiled must be an older version for binary compatibility with other Linux systems.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Currently Mageia6 is used. This OS has not been maintained since a while but the GCC version is enough recent to compile all Qt5, KF5, and DK codes.
> > > > This will be the same with Mageia7 which will become unmaintained in the near future to promote Mageia 8. This last one is too much recent to make a large compatible AppImage with all current Linux.
> > > >
> > > > Gilles Caulier
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