QCAD Bug Tracker — FS#1478: compile qcad from git source problem

FS#1478compile qcad from git source problem

Type: Bug
Status: Closed
Resolution: Deferred
Category: QCAD (main)
Severity: Low
Priority: Low
Reported version: 3.15.5
Operating system: Linux (All / Other)
Reported: 2016-09-12 by oystercatcher
Closed: 2016-09-12 by andrew

I am following the instructions for compiling qcad from source

http://www.qcad.org/en/component/content/article/78-qcad/111-qcad-compilation-from-sources

I am using fedora 24 and qt4

cd qcad
qmake-qt4 -r this step ok
make release this step fails

RSettings.cpp: In static member function ‘static QStringList RSettings::getPrinterNames()’:
RSettings.cpp:722:12: error: ‘availablePrinterNames’ is not a member of ‘QPrinterInfo’

   return QPrinterInfo::availablePrinterNames();
          ^~~~~~~~~~~~

RSettings.cpp: In static member function ‘static QString RSettings::getDefaultPrinterName()’:
RSettings.cpp:726:12: error: ‘defaultPrinterName’ is not a member of ‘QPrinterInfo’

   return QPrinterInfo::defaultPrinterName();
          ^~~~~~~~~~~~

Makefile.Release:2505: recipe for target 'release/RSettings.o' failed
make[3]: *** [release/RSettings.o] Error 1

Comments (1)

andrew 2016-09-12

To get a proper build, it's recommended to check out a tagged version. The master branch is only back ported to Qt 4 before a release.