Building Qt6 discouraged?

[Christoph Kukulies]

Ah, yes. Thanks. qt64 installs without these warnings.


> Am 01.04.2025 um 17:23 schrieb Marius Schamschula <lists at schamschula.com>:
> 
> 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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