[Development] Qt 4.x and Qt 5 frameworks should use @rpath (QTBUG-31814)

[Sorvig Morten]

On 04 Aug 2014, at 21:38, Adam Strzelecki <ono at java.pl> wrote:

>> Before you do that, can you write up a proposal on what you want to accomplish and how to get there?
> 
> WHAT I WANT TO ACCOMPLISH
> 
> (1) Remove need to rewrite Qt libraries (frameworks) headers during install and during macdeployqt
> (2) This makes possible to check whether libraries came from official SDK (i.e. md5 sums)
> (3) Won't invalidate frameworks signatures when changing their binary contents
> (4) Make SDK relocable, so it can be moved around w/o need to reinstall, also making drag&drop SDK installer possible for Mac
> 

Thanks! I think separating introducing @rpath and any workflow changes makes sense. The proposed macdeployqt changes looks good to me.

My main concern is timing and the 5.4 feature freeze, especially for the SDK/installer-framework parts. Is it already to late?

Morten