[Development] Qt Static Package

Simon Hausmann Simon.Hausmann at qt.io
Mon Apr 29 17:58:01 CEST 2019


The application is perfectly distributable, but the static libraries are tied to the exact compiler binary and therefore not so suitable for sending to other people. So it’s all good :)

Simon

On 29. Apr 2019, at 17:47, Mitch Curtis <mitch.curtis at qt.io> wrote:

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Development <development-bounces at qt-project.org> On Behalf Of
>> Thiago Macieira
>> Sent: Monday, 29 April 2019 5:18 PM
>> To: development at qt-project.org
>> Subject: Re: [Development] Qt Static Package
>> 
>>> On Monday, 29 April 2019 00:27:14 PDT Mitch Curtis wrote:
>>> -static -release -ltcg -opensource -confirm-license -nomake tests
>>> -nomake examples -silent
>> 
>> -static -ltcg is most definitely not redistributable. That build is only usable in
>> your exact machine, and only for so long as you don't perform a system
>> update.
> 
> That's a pity. It shaved off 8 mb (19%) of my executable's size.    
> 
> Can you explain why it's not redistributable? I thought the whole point of link time code generation was for release builds?
> 
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>> Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com
>>  Software Architect - Intel System Software Products
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