[Development] Qt Static Package

[Carlos Enrique Pérez Sánchez]

By the way. I have made no changes to my .pro file after build my static
version of Qt. The reason is that the Qt Doc says (
https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/plugins-howto.html#static-plugins):

> Plugins can be linked statically into your application. If you build the
> static version of Qt, this is the only option for including Qt's predefined
> plugins. Using static plugins makes the deployment less error-prone, but
> has the disadvantage that no functionality from plugins can be added
> without a complete rebuild and redistribution of the application.
>
> To link plugins statically, you need to add the required plugins to your
> build using QTPLUGIN.
>
> In the .pro file for your application, you need the following entry:
>
>
>   QTPLUGIN     += qjpeg \
>
>                   qgif \
>
>                   qkrcodecs
>
>
> qmake automatically adds the plugins to QTPLUGIN that are typically needed
> by the Qt modules used (see QT <../qmake/qmake-variable-reference.html#qt>),
> while more specialized plugins need to be added manually.
>
So, according with this, I have no need of importing Qt plugind related to
Qt Quick Controls 2. Also, I have checked that the qmlimportscanner works
appropriatelly.

The page Deploying Qt Quick Controls 2 Applications says the following
about static linking:

> For dynamically built applications, it is not necessary to import a
> specific style that should be usable by that application. For statically
> built applications, Qt's build system must be involved to ensure that QML
> plugins function as expected. Specifically, qmake uses qmlimportscanner
> to scan the QML files in your application for import statements. For this
> reason, any styles that should be usable by a statically built application
> must explicitly import that style. Where the import occurs is up to the
> developer, but it is recommended to follow the approach mentioned in the Deploying
> an Application with Several Styles
> <qtquickcontrols2-deployment.html#deploying-an-application-with-several-styles>
> section, so that only the minimum set of files that are necessary for a
> particular device are deployed.
>

So, they should be built QQC2 statically before (because if not, document
that makes no sense) and they says that the only requirement is explicitly
importing the style plugin. Sadly, that does not work for me.

El vie., 19 abr. 2019 a las 19:45, Carlos Enrique Pérez Sánchez (<
ceperez1996 at gmail.com>) escribió:

> Thanks, Thiago. I will build Qt statically today on Windows, and I will
> try using the system version. Same with Linux. However, I really don't
> think that doing that solves the problem with the static linking of QtQuick
> Controls 2 module. Thanks in advance.
>
> El jue., 18 abr. 2019 a las 23:23, Thiago Macieira (<
> thiago.macieira at intel.com>) escribió:
>
>> On Friday, 19 April 2019 08:11:41 +08 Carlos Enrique Pérez Sánchez wrote:
>> > ```
>> > ./configure -prefix "/somePath/Qt512Static" -static -release -opensource
>> > -confirm-license -qt-zlib -qt-pcre -qt-libpng -qt-libjpeg -fontconfig
>> > -qt-xcb -opengl desktop -sql-sqlite -make libs -make tools -nomake
>> examples
>> > -nomake tests -skip qtwebengine
>> > ```
>>
>> Please note the -qt-zlib option and family: if you choose to use the
>> bundled
>> versions from Qt, you'll need to monitor those upstreams for security
>> issues
>> and, if any is found, rebuild your application after applying the fix to
>> the
>> sources bundled in Qt.
>>
>> Far better to use -system-zlib and family.
>>
>> --
>> Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com
>>   Software Architect - Intel System Software Products
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Development mailing list
>> Development at qt-project.org
>> https://lists.qt-project.org/listinfo/development
>>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/development/attachments/20190419/60021f98/attachment.html>