qt5-qt3d complains about system assimp missing

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Nov 4, 2019, at 14:25, Michael A. Leonetti wrote:

> My qt5 installation keeps complaining about missing linking files so I am trying to reinstall and qt5-q3d complains about missing system-assimp.
> 
> Is there a variant I'm missing that I can disable?
> 
>> :debug:configure SDKROOT='/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.15.sdk'
>> :info:configure Executing:  cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_aqua_qt5/qt5-qt3d/work/qt3d-everywhere-src-5.12.5" && /opt/local/libexec/qt5/bin/qmake PREFIX=/opt/local -spec macx-clang -- -system-assimp
>> :debug:configure system:  cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_aqua_qt5/qt5-qt3d/work/qt3d-everywhere-src-5.12.5" && /opt/local/libexec/qt5/bin/qmake PREFIX=/opt/local -spec macx-clang -- -system-assimp
>> :info:configure Running configuration tests...
>> :info:configure Done running configuration tests.
>> :info:configure Configure summary:
>> :info:configure Qt 3D:
>> :info:configure   Assimp ................................. yes
>> :info:configure   System Assimp .......................... no
>> :info:configure   Output Qt3D Job traces ................. no
>> :info:configure   Output Qt3D GL traces .................. no
>> :info:configure   Use SSE2 instructions .................. yes
>> :info:configure   Use AVX2 instructions .................. no
>> :info:configure   Aspects:
>> :info:configure     Render aspect ........................ yes
>> :info:configure     Input aspect ......................... yes
>> :info:configure     Logic aspect ......................... yes
>> :info:configure     Animation aspect ..................... yes
>> :info:configure     Extras aspect ........................ yes
>> :info:configure Qt 3D Renderers:
>> :info:configure   OpenGL Renderer ........................ yes
>> :info:configure Qt 3D GeometryLoaders:
>> :info:configure   Autodesk FBX ........................... no
>> :info:configure ERROR: Feature 'system-assimp' was enabled, but the pre-condition 'features.assimp && libs.assimp' failed.
>> :info:configure Check config.log for details.
>> :info:configure Command failed:  cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_aqua_qt5/qt5-qt3d/work/qt3d-everywhere-src-5.12.5" && /opt/local/libexec/qt5/bin/qmake PREFIX=/opt/local -spec macx-clang -- -system-assimp
>> :info:configure Exit code: 3

Looks like qt5-qt3d just requires assimp. Sounds like you should file a bug report and attach the full logs. qt5-qt3d does declare a dependency on assimp, so we would need to see the logs to know why qt3-qt3d thinks it's not there.