Qt 5.6.0 building on Windows 7 and MSVC 2013 issue

enmaniac

Hi all,

I am trying to build the sources (as in a topic). My configuration is as follows:

configure -confirm-license -prefix %QT_DIST% -icu -nomake tests -opensource -opengl desktop -developer-build

At some point during the build I got these error messages:

FAILED: C:\Python27\python.exe gyp-win-tool action-wrapper environment.x86 QtWebEngineCore_target_moc_authentication_dialog_controller_cpp_77b3603f3e0b4538e38cc
350a4bda9c0..rsp e:/qt/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.6.0/qtwebengine\src\core
moc: Cannot open options file specified with @
QCommandLineParser: argument list cannot be empty, it should contain at least the executable name

[11953/12030] ACTION QtWebEngineCore: location_provider_qt.moc_77b3603f3e0b4538e38cc350a4bda9c0
FAILED: C:\Python27\python.exe gyp-win-tool action-wrapper environment.x86 QtWebEngineCore_target_location_provider_qt_moc_77b3603f3e0b4538e38cc350a4bda9c0..rsp
 e:/qt/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.6.0/qtwebengine\src\core
moc: Cannot open options file specified with @
QCommandLineParser: argument list cannot be empty, it should contain at least the executable name

[11953/12030] ACTION QtWebEngineCore: moc_clipboard_qt.cpp_77b3603f3e0b4538e38cc350a4bda9c0
FAILED: C:\Python27\python.exe gyp-win-tool action-wrapper environment.x86 QtWebEngineCore_target_moc_clipboard_qt_cpp_77b3603f3e0b4538e38cc350a4bda9c0..rsp e:/
qt/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.6.0/qtwebengine\src\core
moc: Cannot open options file specified with @
QCommandLineParser: argument list cannot be empty, it should contain at least the executable name

[11953/12030] ACTION QtWebEngineCore: web_engine_settings.moc_77b3603f3e0b4538e38cc350a4bda9c0
FAILED: C:\Python27\python.exe gyp-win-tool action-wrapper environment.x86 QtWebEngineCore_target_web_engine_settings_moc_77b3603f3e0b4538e38cc350a4bda9c0..rsp
e:/qt/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.6.0/qtwebengine\src\core
moc: Cannot open options file specified with @
QCommandLineParser: argument list cannot be empty, it should contain at least the executable name

[11953/12030] ACTION QtWebEngineCore: moc_javascript_dialog_controller.cpp_77b3603f3e0b4538e38cc350a4bda9c0
FAILED: C:\Python27\python.exe gyp-win-tool action-wrapper environment.x86 QtWebEngineCore_target_moc_javascript_dialog_controller_cpp_77b3603f3e0b4538e38cc350a
4bda9c0..rsp e:/qt/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.6.0/qtwebengine\src\core
moc: Cannot open options file specified with @
QCommandLineParser: argument list cannot be empty, it should contain at least the executable name

[11953/12030] ACTION QtWebEngineCore: moc_file_picker_controller.cpp_77b3603f3e0b4538e38cc350a4bda9c0
FAILED: C:\Python27\python.exe gyp-win-tool action-wrapper environment.x86 QtWebEngineCore_target_moc_file_picker_controller_cpp_77b3603f3e0b4538e38cc350a4bda9c
0..rsp e:/qt/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.6.0/qtwebengine\src\core
moc: Cannot open options file specified with @
QCommandLineParser: argument list cannot be empty, it should contain at least the executable name

[11953/12030] ACTION QtWebEngineCore: moc_url_request_custom_job_delegate.cpp_77b3603f3e0b4538e38cc350a4bda9c0
FAILED: C:\Python27\python.exe gyp-win-tool action-wrapper environment.x86 QtWebEngineCore_target_moc_url_request_custom_job_delegate_cpp_77b3603f3e0b4538e38cc3
50a4bda9c0..rsp e:/qt/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.6.0/qtwebengine\src\core
moc: Cannot open options file specified with @
QCommandLineParser: argument list cannot be empty, it should contain at least the executable name

[11953/12030] ACTION QtWebEngineCore: moc_gl_context_qt.cpp_77b3603f3e0b4538e38cc350a4bda9c0
FAILED: C:\Python27\python.exe gyp-win-tool action-wrapper environment.x86 QtWebEngineCore_target_moc_gl_context_qt_cpp_77b3603f3e0b4538e38cc350a4bda9c0..rsp e:
/qt/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.6.0/qtwebengine\src\core
moc: Cannot open options file specified with @
QCommandLineParser: argument list cannot be empty, it should contain at least the executable name

ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'E:\Qt\build-5.6.0-msvc2013_x86\qtwebengine\src\3rdparty\ninja\ninja.exe' : return code '0x1'
Stop.
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\VC\BIN\nmake.exe"' : return code '0x2'
Stop.
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '(' : return code '0x2'
Stop.
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'cd' : return code '0x2'
Stop.
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'cd' : return code '0x2'
Stop.
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'cd' : return code '0x2'
Stop.

I am not really sure what is wrong. Building the same with MSVC 2010 works like a charm.

Is there anyone who can share some thoughts on this one, please ?

Thanks in advance

sandy.martel23

@enmaniac said:

moc: Cannot open options file specified with @

Same problem here with VS2015 64bits build.

-qutp-

same problem here, building Qt 5.6 on Windows 7 64bit with Visual Studio 2015 Update 1

Lestat

Same for me. Windows 7 64 bit, VS2015 Update 1 and 32 bit build (shadow build). :(

enmaniac

I have created bug report for this. Hopefully, it will be resolved.

https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-52225

sandy.martel23

@enmaniac

I asked on the dev mailing list. There is already a bug report:

https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-51847

Apparently, it works if you compile from git, the zip is badly packaged and some files have the wrong line ending.

I'll verify that in the next few hours.

enmaniac

@sandy.martel23

Yeah, I have noticed they closed my ticket as duplicate.
I have never tried to build QT from GIT before.

Is it preferred way of compiling sources ?

SGaist

Hi,

No need to compile Qt completely, just clone the module from code.qt.io and use the usual combo: qmake/make/make install

enmaniac

@SGaist Thx I will give it a try.

I am closing it as solved since the issue has been reported for bug-fixing and there are other options to make it work.