[Development] Qt Static Package

[Mitch Curtis]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Simon Hausmann
> Sent: Monday, 29 April 2019 5:58 PM
> To: Mitch Curtis <mitch.curtis at qt.io>
> Cc: Thiago Macieira <thiago.macieira at intel.com>; development at qt-
> project.org
> Subject: Re: [Development] Qt Static Package
> 
> 
> 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

Ah, thank you for clarifying!

> 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?
> >
> >> --
> >> Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com  Software Architect
> >> - Intel System Software Products
> >>
> >>
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