Building Qt6 discouraged?

Timothy Prime tdprime at fastmail.fm
Fri Apr 25 21:45:05 UTC 2025


I too am seeing,
> $ sudo port install qt6
> Password:
> qt6 is known to fail. Try to install anyway? [y/N]:
I wish there was some explanation. Or reference to a ticket.

Also checked for guidance in the text of, "port info qt6".

In my case, I am using macOS Sequoia 15.4.1 on Intel.

Inspired by another message on this thread, I checked the Portfile. While I did find one, "known_fail yes", the messages (about SQL) don't get printed.

So... I did "y" to install anyway. In my case, the build finished without error. I suppose if qt6 is going to fail, maybe that will happen at runtime.

-Tim


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