[Development] Qt5 build issue for Harmattan

[Sean Harmer]

On Saturday 25 August 2012 12:54:06 Sean Harmer wrote:
> On Saturday 25 August 2012 12:45:10 Laszlo Papp wrote:
> > > We cannot really fix this within Qt as each implementation is free to
> > > 
> > >> define
> > >> GLchar to whatever they like within the confines of the spec. Usually
> > >> it's
> > >> just a typedef to char but that is not necessarily always the case.
> > > 
> > > I would personally appreciate a solution upstream, if possible. I know,
> > > Harmattan is not a tier 1 platform, and will probably never be, but it
> > > is
> > > a
> > > regression for the build either way. We have had working builds before.
> > 
> > The code already has an entry like this:
> > 
> > # ifndef GLdouble
> > typedef GLfloat GLdouble;
> > # endif
> 
> Yes and that is on my list of things to see if we can remove. I left it
> present in the patch you referenced to play it safe.
> 
> > I can submit a patch to gerrit like this:
> > 
> > # ifndef GLchar
> > typedef GLbyte GLchar;
> > # endif

We need to do this on a per-platform basis as GLchar is a typedef not a 
#define. I'm looking at this now. Unfortunately I see no Q_OS_MAEMO in 
qplatformdetection.h.

When building for harmattan/meego/maemo, does it use Q_OS_LINUX or something 
else more specific?

Cheers,

Sean

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