[MacPorts] #44193: qt: allow side by side installation of qt4-mac and qt5-mac

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Mon Sep 1 12:59:22 PDT 2014


#44193: qt: allow side by side installation of qt4-mac and qt5-mac
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  Reporter:  mojca@…           |      Owner:  mcalhoun@…
      Type:  enhancement       |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal            |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports             |    Version:
Resolution:                    |   Keywords:
      Port:  qt4-mac, qt5-mac  |
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Comment (by rjvbertin@…):

 Replying to [comment:9 mojca@…]:
 > > Is there a reason why MacPorts wouldn't adopt the way Ubuntu (Debian)
 do things? They store Qt versions in their own prefix
 >
 > Manpower. Packaging of wxWidgets (which had a similar problem) has been
 changed last year. Qt would have to follow, but someone needs to write the
 code.

 Can it take that much manpower to add a `--prefix /opt/wherever.qt5`?

 Wouldn't it actually be harder to get Qt5 to build for 10.6?

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/44193#comment:13>
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