[Development] configure -developer-build --prefix=$PWD/qtbase

Simon Hausmann simon.hausmann at digia.com
Wed Mar 26 16:32:32 CET 2014


On Wednesday 26. March 2014 08.21.20 Alan Ezust wrote:
> The README in the qt distribution is confusing to me. I am not sure if it
> is consistent with the ./configure --help.
> 
> Does anyone understand what the difference is between a qt that is
> configured like this:  ./configure -developer-build versus a Qt that is
> configured like this: configure -developer-build --prefix=$PWD/qtbase
> 
>  according to ./configure --help, it says this:
>     -prefix <dir> ...... This will install everything relative to <dir>
>                          (default /usr/local/Qt-5.3.0, $PWD if
> -developer-build is active)
> 
> So what does it mean when you use both -prefix and -developer-build, as
> some of the README examples show? Is the "make install" step necessary?
> Will this affect how one builds the documentation (make docs and make
> install_docs later on)?
> 
> The reason I am asking is because I am having trouble building
> documentation from Qt 5.3Alpha.
> I never end up with qhelpcollection installed under qtbase/bin.
> 
> Does -developer-build work with building documentation?

I'm not 100% sure, but I've seen many times similar failures when combining
-developer-build and -prefix. I suggest to choose one or the other, not both.

Do you know where in the docs it suggests that both can be used 
simultaneously?

Simon



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