[Interest] [OS X] Qt 5.6.0 minimal build configuration (error compiling qlatincodec.cpp)

[René J. V. Bertin]

Thiago Macieira wrote:


>> No, that's not true. AFAICR there were plenty of other Makefiles that did
>> have  the option.
> 
> Which ones?

The ones that scrolled off my history ;)
Seriously, to answer that question I'd have to restart a build without my fix, so 
are you truly interested to know?

> After this, lots of things can happen in parallel (QtGui and all non-GUI
> modules).

Yes, that's quite possible, the thought crossed my mind.

>> Shouldn't be too hard to generate that file using += instead of a simple = ?
> 
> It would just as equally break people's expectations.

I'll have to take your word on that. Myself I have come to expect that build 
systems set the required options, and that anything you want in addition 
(potentially acting as an override) you specify via the environment.

> Autoconf-based configure scripts override the default settings.

Another thing I'll take your word on, with the caveat outlined above. I've a 
whole collection of wrapper scripts that allow me to build configure/autoconf and 
cmake based projects using hand-picked optimisation options. I think I'd have 
noticed if those options replaced everything set by configure/cmake 
systematically (possibly including all -I options).
That said, variables like CC, CXX etc. override instead of append, fortunately 
;) (if respected at all.)

R.