cmake build with qt6 (macos) does not include "plugins"

pdv pdvisschere at edpnet.be
Tue Nov 7 16:42:27 UTC 2023


On 06/11/2023 19:17, pdv wrote:
> On 04/11/2023 20:35, Kornel Benko wrote:
>> Am Sat, 4 Nov 2023 18:05:42 +0100
>> schrieb pdv <pdvisschere at edpnet.be>:
>>
>>> On 04/11/2023 17:55, pdv wrote:
>>>> On 21/03/2023 19:27, Kornel Benko wrote:
>>>>> Am Tue, 21 Mar 2023 15:27:41 +0100
>>>>> schrieb pdv <pdvisschere at edpnet.be>:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 21/03/2023 11:00, Kornel Benko wrote:
>>>>>>> Am Mon, 20 Mar 2023 20:05:32 +0100
>>>>>>> schrieb pdv <pdvisschere at edpnet.be>:
>>>>>>>> It's within the first if() else(), that's thus for qt6(see 
>>>>>>>> below). I
>>>>>>>> suppose this should work for all platforms, but I checked it on 
>>>>>>>> macos
>>>>>>>> only. Your patch is limited to APPLE and also works for me; If this
>>>>>>>> problem doesn't occur for other platforms, it's ok for me of 
>>>>>>>> course.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Probably no one else is using the bundle option (-DLYX_BUNDLE=ON).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If you could try to use cmake without this option, I'd be interested
>>>>>>> if it works for
>>>>>>> you too.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Apparently no problem. -DLYX_BUNDLE=OFF works too for me.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In this case we could get rid of it (probably).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>      Kornel
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Good, so I will disable this option for lyx2.5 then.
>>>>>
>>>>>      Kornel
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> I have build the latest lyx-master and I still need my (previous) patch
>>>> to build a LyX.app which includes all required Qt6 frameworks (I want a
>>>> stand-alone app).
>>>>
>>>> I'm using a recent version of CMake and apparently versions older than
>>>> 3.5 will not longer be supported. To get rid of the annoying warnings
>>>> I've upped the minimum version from 3.1 to 3.5 (new patch included).
>>>>
>>>> pdv
>>>>
>>> Sorry, forgot to include the patch.
>>
>> Will be done for 2.4.x versions. Also for other CMakeLists.txt's in 
>> the lyx-sources.
>>
>>     Kornel
>>
>>
> OK, thanks.
> 
> Regarding the original issue, I'm still largely in the dark.
> 
> I've build qt-6.2 (-debug-and-release option), installed cmake3.26 and 
> I'm using macos 10.14 and xcode. lyx has been updated to a very recent 
> master-version.
> 
> Building a complete (qt frameworks included) debuggable LyX2.4.app with 
> cmake does not work for me; the plug-ins are not copied into the bundle 
> and cmake's fixup_bundle step subsequently fails.
> 
> When I apply my patch (see first message) the plugins are copied but the 
> fixup_bundle step still fails.
> 
> Only the QtCore, ... frameworks have been copied to the bundle (probably 
> by the install command in my patch), but not the QtCore_debug, ... 
> versions, although no error is reported by fixup_bundle at copy time.
> 
> That's because they are copied to a folder named /@rpath/ in my 
> build-folder instead of into the bundle.
> Apparently the @rpath used in the qt libraries is not handled properly 
> by the cmake scripts.
> 
> Can anyone confirm that a stand-alone LyX2.4.app can be build with cmake 
> on macos or have any other suggestion?
> 
> pdv
> 
> 
> 
The problem with the _debug libraries is obvious. As for qt5 no _debug 
libraries should be copied for qt6 either. I adapted my patch (included) 
accordingly.

I once more tested a number of configurations and this is my conclusion.
I can build a bundle with LYX_DMG=off and LYX_BUNDLE=on, the latter sets 
also LYX_CPACK=on.

These are my resulting settings after cmake configure:

LYX_ENABLE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING       = AUTO   : Allows to tweak the 
compiled code (AUTO release prerelease development gprof)
     LYX_CPACK:BOOL                     = ON     : Use the CPack 
management (Implies         LYX_INSTALL option)
     LYX_LOCALVERSIONING:BOOL           = ON     : Add version info to 
created package name (only used if LYX_CPACK option set)
     LYX_INSTALL:BOOL                   = OFF    : Build install 
projects/rules (implies a bunch of other options)
     LYX_NLS:BOOL                       = ON     : Enable Native 
Language Support (NLS)
     LYX_REQUIRE_SPELLCHECK:BOOL        = OFF    : Abort if no 
spellchecker available
     LYX_ASPELL:BOOL                    = ON     : Require aspell
     LYX_ENCHANT:BOOL                   = OFF    : Require Enchant
     LYX_HUNSPELL:BOOL                  = ON     : Require Hunspell
     LYX_RELEASE:BOOL                   = ON     : Build release 
version, build debug when disabled
     LYX_DEBUG:BOOL                     = OFF    : Enforce debug build
     LYX_NO_OPTIMIZE:BOOL               = OFF    : Don't use any 
optimization/debug flags
     LYX_ENABLE_ASSERTIONS:BOOL         = ON     : Run sanity checks in 
the program
     LYX_PACKAGE_SUFFIX:BOOL            = ON     : Use version suffix 
for packaging
     LYX_SUFFIX_VALUE:STRING            =        : Use this string as suffix
     LYX_PCH:BOOL                       = OFF    : Use precompiled headers
     LYX_MERGE_FILES:BOOL               = OFF    : Merge source files 
into one compilation unit
     LYX_MERGE_REBUILD:BOOL             = OFF    : Rebuild generated 
files from merged files build
     LYX_QUIET:BOOL                     = ON     : Don't generate 
verbose makefiles
     LYX_INSTALL_PREFIX:BOOL            = OFF    : Install path for LyX
     LYX_BUNDLE:BOOL                    = ON     : Build bundle 
(experimental)
     LYX_ENABLE_URLTESTS:BOOL           = OFF    : Enable for URL tests
     LYX_ENABLE_EXPORT_TESTS:BOOL       = OFF    : Enable for export tests
     LYX_ENABLE_KEYTESTS:BOOL           = OFF    : Enable for keytests
     LYX_ENABLE_VALGRIND_TESTS:BOOL     = OFF    : Enable for tests 
involving valgrind
     LYX_DEBUG_SANITIZE:STRING          = NONE   : Use sanitize check 
(NONE ADDRESS UNSPECIFIED)
     LYX_USE_QT:STRING                  = QT6    : Use Qt version as 
frontend (AUTO QT5 QT6)
     LYX_USE_IPO:STRING                 = OFF    : Interprocedural 
optimization (OFF AUTO ON)
     LYX_DISABLE_CALLSTACK_PRINTING:BOOL= OFF    : do not print a 
callstack when crashing
     LYX_EXTERNAL_Z:BOOL                = ON     : OFF := Build 3rdparty 
lib zlib
     LYX_EXTERNAL_DTL:BOOL              = OFF    : OFF := Build 3rdparty 
commands dt2dv and dv2dt
     LYX_EXTERNAL_ICONV:BOOL            = ON     : OFF := Build 3rdparty 
lib iconvlib
     LYX_EXTERNAL_HUNSPELL:BOOL         = ON     : OFF := Build 3rdparty 
lib hunspelllib
     LYX_EXTERNAL_MYTHES:STRING         = OFF    : OFF := Build 3rdparty 
lib mytheslib (AUTO OFF ON)
     LYX_DMG:BOOL                       = OFF    : Build as Mac bundle, 
needed for .dmg  (experimental)
     LYX_COCOA:BOOL                     = OFF    : Use Cocoa on Mac

This is with my patch applied.
Without it, I can build a bundle but it crashes because the plugins are 
missing.

The documentation of fixup_bundle clearly mentions that the plugins 
should have been copied before running fixup_bundle;

Without applying my patch, how are these plugins copied when building 
with qt6?

Probably not all ot6-plugins are needed by lyx and a selection could be 
made.

pdv
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diff --git a/development/cmake/post_install/CMakeLists.txt b/development/cmake/post_install/CMakeLists.txt
index 52a2f782af..f83cdaad0b 100644
--- a/development/cmake/post_install/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/development/cmake/post_install/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,14 +28,18 @@ if(LYX_BUNDLE)
     endif()
 
     if(Qt5Core_FOUND)
-	file(GLOB QT_PLUGIN_DIRECTORIES "${QT_PLUGINS_DIR}/imageformats")
-	install(DIRECTORY ${QT_PLUGIN_DIRECTORIES} DESTINATION "${qtplugin_dest_dir}/plugins/" COMPONENT Runtime REGEX "\\_debug\\.dylib$" EXCLUDE)
+       file(GLOB QT_PLUGIN_DIRECTORIES "${QT_PLUGINS_DIR}/imageformats")
+       install(DIRECTORY ${QT_PLUGIN_DIRECTORIES} DESTINATION "${qtplugin_dest_dir}/plugins/" COMPONENT Runtime REGEX "\\_debug\\.dylib$" EXCLUDE)
        if(APPLE)
 		if(Qt5Core_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 5.10.0)
        			install_qt_plugin("Qt5::QMacStylePlugin")
        		endif()
         install_qt_plugin("Qt5::QCocoaIntegrationPlugin")
        endif()
+    else()
+        # With QT6, just copy all the plugins
+        file(GLOB QT_PLUGIN_DIRECTORIES "${QT_PLUGINS_DIR}/*")
+        install(DIRECTORY ${QT_PLUGIN_DIRECTORIES} DESTINATION "${qtplugin_dest_dir}/plugins/" COMPONENT Runtime REGEX "\\_debug\\.dylib$" EXCLUDE)
     endif()
 
     # Install code does the following:


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