Building Qt6 discouraged?

[Chris Jones]

"Qt6" itself is limited to macOS14 or newer. See

https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/blob/master/aqua/qt6/Portfile#L11

On 01/04/2025 4:23 pm, Marius Schamschula wrote:
> That would explain it!
> 
> Qt6.8 has this "macOS 12 or higher (including macOS 15)", that’s one 
> version newer than what you are running.
> 
> However, Qt6.5 and Qt6.7 do support Big Sur. So you might try qt64 or qt67.
> 
>> On Apr 1, 2025, at 10:09 AM, Christoph Kukulies via macports-users 
>> <macports-users at lists.macports.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Marius,
>>
>> thanks for answering. I'm using BigSur 11.7.10 - no chance to ugrade 
>> since I'm running a mid 2014 MBP.
>>
>>
>>> Am 01.04.2025 um 17:00 schrieb Marius Schamschula 
>>> <mschamschula at gmail.com <mailto:mschamschula at gmail.com>>:
>>>
>>> Christoph,
>>>
>>> Qt6 (for that matter all versions of Qt) only have limited backward 
>>> compatibility for macOS.
>>>
>>> Which macOS version are you trying to build on?
>>>
>>>> On Apr 1, 2025, at 9:49 AM, Christoph Kukulies via macports-users 
>>>> <macports-users at lists.macports.org <mailto:macports- 
>>>> users at lists.macports.org>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I'm trying to build LibrePCB from Sources under macOS. After having 
>>>> take the first hurdle, opencascade, I'm now
>>>> trying to take the next one, Qt 6.2.#When typing in:
>>>>
>>>> $ sudo port install qt6
>>>> Password:
>>>> qt6 is known to fail. Try to install anyway? [y/N]:
>>>>
>>>> What should I answer? Alternative?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Christoph
>>>>
>>>
>>> Marius
>>> --
>>> Marius Schamschula
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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