[Interest] Failing to build Qt iOS 6.8.1 from source

[Nuno Santos]

Alexandru,

Thanks for your valuable reply.

> On 3 Dec 2024, at 10:34, Alexandru Croitor <alexandru.croitor at qt.io> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Your perl init-repository call does not include qtquick3d.

Yes, I usually don’t build it as I don’t need it for now.

> 
> Nevertheless the configure script picks up all existing source directories with a CMakeLists.txt file in them, and for some reason the qtquick3d source dir is present for you.
> Perhaps it was from a previous checkout, impossible to say.

That’s the strangest bit. It was a fresh source clone. And the macOS was freshly obtained via online installer.

> 
> It then tries to find the qtquick3d tools from the host macos build, and fails.
> 
> So you either have to install or build qtquick3d for the macos build, before building ios.

I’ve installed qtquick3d for macos and it is not complaining anymore. Building!

Thank you very much!

Best regards,

Nuno

> 
> Or you need to explicitly skip configuring qtquick3d with 
> configure ..... -skip qtquick3d
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