[Development] moc output from non-local tool build
Thiago Macieira
thiago.macieira at intel.com
Tue Nov 16 15:03:48 CET 2021
On Tuesday, 16 November 2021 04:39:59 PST Marius Kittler wrote:
> > Indeed. The proposal was how old that build can be. Can you count on the
> > host Linux distribution being up-to-date enough to have N-1 or even N-3?
> > Because you can't, then the point is moot.
>
> I am *not* worried about the host distribution being up-to-date enough. It
> is actually quite the opposite. The normal distribution's host Qt build is
> likely updated a little bit sooner than the cross-builds. On the other hand
> I can easily postpone updating the cross-builds until the normal host
> distribution's Qt build is updated. The delay for updating the cross-builds
> won't be long, though. So if a host build can be used with a cross-build of
> the previous Qt 6 release that's completely sufficient.
Please note I was thinking of a "you" in the persona of a regular developer
using the Linux distribution, not the persona of a Linux distribution
packager.
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Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com
Software Architect - Intel DPG Cloud Engineering
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