Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH v2 2/6] package/qt6/qt6tools: fix linguist build failure

[Thomas Petazzoni via buildroot <buildroot@buildroot.org>]

Hello Roy,

On Sun,  1 Jun 2025 12:12:56 +0200
Roy Kollen Svendsen <roykollensvendsen@gmail.com> wrote:

> Fixes:
> -- Could NOT find Qt6LinguistTools (missing: Qt6LinguistTools_DIR)
> CMake Error at <...>/output/build/qt6base-6.8.1/cmake/QtToolHelpers.cmake:768 (message):
>   Failed to find the host tool "Qt6::lconvert".  It is part of the
>   Qt6LinguistTools package, but the package could not be found.  Make sure
>   you have built and installed the host Linguist module, which will ensure
>   the creation of the Qt6LinguistTools package.
> Call Stack (most recent call first):
>   <...>/output/build/qt6base-6.8.1/cmake/QtToolHelpers.cmake:83 (qt_internal_find_tool)
>   src/linguist/lconvert/CMakeLists.txt:9 (qt_internal_add_tool)
> 
> The above error can be triggered by the following defconfig:
> BR2_arm=y
> BR2_cortex_a9=y
> BR2_ARM_ENABLE_VFP=y
> BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL=y
> BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_BOOTLIN=y
> BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_BOOTLIN_ARMV7_EABIHF_MUSL_STABLE=y
> BR2_PACKAGE_QT6=y
> BR2_PACKAGE_QT6BASE_GUI=y
> BR2_PACKAGE_QT6BASE_PNG=y
> BR2_PACKAGE_QT6BASE_WIDGETS=y
> BR2_PACKAGE_QT6TOOLS=y
> 
> Signed-off-by: Roy Kollen Svendsen <roykollensvendsen@gmail.com>

Thanks for the new iteration. However is Qt Linguist really a tool that
would be useful on the target? Isn't this a GUI tool used during
development, so something totally useless on the target, and that we
could disable unconditionally?

Thomas
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