SUMMARY rust-qt-binding-generator templates fail to build with mingw64 STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. git clone https://github.com/KDE/rust-qt-binding-generator.git 2. cd rust-qt-binding-generator/templates/qt_widgets 3. mkdir build 4. cd build 5. cmake .. 6. make OBSERVED RESULT $ make [ 11%] Generating ../rust/target/release/librust.a warning: unnecessary parentheses around type --> src\interface.rs:108:42 | 108 | let s: *const c_char = v.as_ptr() as (*const c_char); | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ help: remove these parentheses | = note: `#[warn(unused_parens)]` on by default Finished release [optimized] target(s) in 0.01s [ 22%] Built target rust_target [ 33%] Automatic MOC and UIC for target MyExe AutoMoc subprocess error ------------------------ The content generation command for "SRC:/build/MyExe_autogen/moc_predefs.h" failed. Command ------- /mingw64/bin/CC.exe -dM -E -c /usr/share/cmake-3.17.3/Modules/CMakeCXXCompilerABI.cpp -DQT_CORE_LIB -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_WIDGETS_LIB -I/mingw64/include -I/mingw64/include/QtWidgets -I/mingw64/include/QtGui -I/mingw64/include/QtCore -I/mingw64/share/qt5/mkspecs/win32-g++ Output ------ make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/MyExe_autogen.dir/build.make:79: CMakeFiles/MyExe_autogen] Error 1 make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Makefile2:153: CMakeFiles/MyExe_autogen.dir/all] Error 2 make: *** [Makefile:104: all] Error 2 EXPECTED RESULT successful build SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Windows: macOS: Linux/KDE Plasma: (available in About System) KDE Plasma Version: KDE Frameworks Version: Qt Version: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
$ make --version GNU Make 4.3 Built for x86_64-pc-msys Copyright (C) 1988-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. $ cmake --version cmake version 3.17.3 CMake suite maintained and supported by Kitware (kitware.com/cmake). $ gcc --version gcc.exe (Rev2, Built by MSYS2 project) 10.1.0 Copyright (C) 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
If you have a patch, I can consider it. I do not have a windows system to test on.
rust-qt-binding-generator is no longer maintained, please try more recent alternatives like https://github.com/KDAB/cxx-qt/