Quick job offer: Fix building the old Qt3D module for Qt 5.9.1. (Results are open-sourced.)

mourl

If you're experienced with the Qt module build system, this job should be a breeze:
The build of the old Qt3D module (https://github.com/chdinh/qt3d) fails with an error in 'syncqt.pl'.
Otherwise, the module compiles just fine.
The build worked with previous Qt versions, including Qt 5.7.

Can you help me fix the build? Please post an offer!
The results will be shared with the community by open-sourcing the patches.

murb

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mourl

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SGaist

Hi and welcome to devnet,

What platform are you targeting ?
What exact error are you getting ?

mourl

Thanks for responding!

The main target is Windows 8/10 with VS2017, but the issue might not be platform-specific.

Here's the exact version of the repo that builds successfully with Qt 5.7 + VS2015:
https://github.com/nonsequitur/qt3d

When building with Qt 5.9 + VS2017, I get the following error:

...
Project MESSAGE: perl -w E:\builds\qt\qt_5.9\qt5\qtbase\bin\syncqt.pl -module Qt3DQuick -version 5.3.0 -outdir E:/builds/qt/qt_5.9/build/qt3d-old C:/home/dev/qt/qt3d-old

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 14.10.25019.0
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

"c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.10.25017\bin\HostX64\x64\nmake.exe" -f Makefile.Debug all

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 14.10.25019.0
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

copy /y C:\home\dev\qt\qt3d-old\src\quick3d\Cube.qml \Qt3D\Shapes\Cube.qml
Das System kann den angegebenen Pfad nicht finden. (Translation: The system can't find the specified path )
0 Datei(en) kopiert.  (Translation: 0 files copied)
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'copy' : return code '0x1'
Stop.
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.10.25017\bin\HostX64\x64\nmake.exe"' : return code '0x2'
Stop.
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'cd' : return code '0x2'
Stop.
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'cd' : return code '0x2'
Stop.

With Qt 5.7, the same step runs successfully:

...
Project MESSAGE: perl -w E:\builds\qt\qt_5.7\qt5\qtbase\bin\syncqt.pl -module Qt3DQuick -version 5.3.0 -outdir E:/builds/qt/qt_5.7/build/qtbase C:/home/dev/qt/qt3d-old

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 14.00.24210.0
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\BIN\amd64\nmake.exe" -f Makefile.Debug all

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 14.00.24210.0
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

    copy /y C:\home\dev\qt\qt3d-old\src\quick3d\Cube.qml E:\builds\qt\qt_5.7\build\qtbase\qml\Qt3D\Shapes\Cube.qml
        1 Datei(en) kopiert. (Translation: 1 file copied)

In hindsight, it's probably not syncqt.pl that causes the error. I couldn't find a way to get nmake to show which subprocesses are launched while building.