[Interest] Where to does Qt expect to find ".qt-license" file when running on a Jenkins slave machine?

[Michael Capewell]

Edward Sutton <edward.sutton <at> subsite.com> writes:

> 
> 
> Kai,
> 
> Thank you for your help.
> 
> On a Windows 7 VM machine it installs to:
> 
>  C:\Users\edward3\.qt-license
> 
> 
> When logged on as edward3 all is good.
> 
> 
> This same machine operates as a Jenkins slave.
> 
> Dumping the environment from the Jenkins job:
> 
>  USERDOMAIN=WORKGROUP
>  USERNAME=WIN7X64-ESUTTON$
>  USERPROFILE=C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile
> 
> I tried copying C:\Users\edward3\.qt-license to the following without success:
> 
>   C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Roaming\Qt\.qt-license
>   C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\.qt-license
>   C:\jenkins\.qt-license
> 
> I had the slave building before using Qt Enterprise. What could have
changed I do no know?
> 
> 
> -Ed
> 


I had this same problem.  The solution is weird, but easy to do.  The
problem is that C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\ is different
depending on which user is looking at it!  So if you manually copy your
license there, Jenkins does not see it, because it runs as a different user.
 You need to get Jenkins to copy the license there so it's in the right place.

So: 
* add an "Execute Windows batch command" section to your Jenkins project's
Build steps
* copy your .qt-license into C:\temp\
* Add the following two commands to the batch script text area (or add it at
the top of your original script):
* copy C:\temp\.qt-license %USERPROFILE%\.qtlicense
* dir %USERPROFILE%
* then build your project.  The file will be copied and qmake should run
without issue.  

Notice that the contents listed for that directory are different than what
you see with Windows Explorer under your normal user account!