Building QLog on MacOS - Homebrew Issue

[aa5sh]

This is just for information purposes. But when I updated homebrew it made it where Log would not operate properly. Specifically with Select a country in the Station Definition and in Log Filtering. Not sure what is going on with it. But currently I switched to using MacPorts and it allows for the current master branch to build and operate normally.

I installed the following ports:
sudo port install qt6
sudo port install qt6-qtcreator
Sudo port install hamlib
sudo port install qt6-qtcharts
sudo port install qtkeychain

I did have to adjust the include lines in qlog.pro to look in the macport paths under /opt.

Hopefully Homebrew will straighten out. But just wanted to make others aware if they are having a similar problem. This work around seemed to work for me.

Michael, AA5SH

[kyleboyle]

I wonder if macports would also reduce the frequent crashing I was seeing when doing window nesting actions. are there any version differences between the libraries installed with homebrew vs macports

[foldynl]

As I mentioned in #689, Qt 6.9, as provided by Homebrew, seems to be very buggy. I tested QLog on Windows with Qt 6.9, and it doesn't work correctly. If possible, please use Qt 6.8.x instead.

[aa5sh]

I think with MacPorts i can install different versions of QT where you cannot with Homebrew. I will try it later today. I did try it before with direct qt installer but it wouldn’t build right.

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[aa5sh]

I like the addition you made this morning to retain the download selections, that was my only comment so far on 45. But the common dialog works great so far.

[rv6fx]

Thank you very much for the information!!!
I also encountered the problem after updating homebrew
Now everything works with qt-6.9.1 (Sonoma 14.5 x86)

I couldn't install 6.8.2 even with macports even when I tried to install separate subports

[aa5sh]

Since switching and getting the signing worked out on MacPorts I haven't noticed any issues with 6.9. But I do have some notes on getting 6.8.2 loaded and operational if you want that.

[kyleboyle]

I can also confirm that Macports 6.9 is working flawlessly for me. Much better than what was provided by homebrew. No more crashes related to floating windows yay

[rv6fx]

few days with 6.9.1 - no problems.

[foldynl]

It's strange. I have bad experiences with 6.9 under Windows. I have to try 6.9.1