[Qbs] Qbs and ccache (and QtC)

[Christian Gagneraud]

On 23/11/2017 10:52 PM, Christian Kandeler wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Nov 2017 15:34:14 +1300 Christian Gagneraud
> <chgans at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I just tried to enable ccache in QtCreator, and qbs failed
>> complaining it cannot find 'ar' and co.
> 
> This should be fixed for 1.10. Earlier versions assumed the binutils
> to be at the same location as the compiler, so you have to manually
> set cpp.archiverPath there (also stripPath, objcopyPath and nmPath).

Good to know, thanks. I will wait for qbs-1.10.

>> Is this the right way to deal with ccache and QtC+Qbs? Should I
>> open a bug report? On Qtc, Qbs or both?
> 
> Please double-check with an up to date version the tools. Note that
> an alternative way to use ccache with qbs is to use the real gcc and
> set cpp.compilerWrapper to ccache.

I think i'll use that in the mean time, I should be able to set that in 
the "Additional Qbs Profile Settings" of a kit.

Thanks a lot,
Chris