[Qt-creator] Conditional define not working? Debug:DEFINES+=DEBUG

[Eike Ziller]

On May 2, 2009, at 2:00 AM, ext fungos wrote:

> Sorry about the delay. I tested it and yes, .pro files aren't  
> "portable" :)
>
> debug|release only works on linux.
> Debug|Release only works on windows.
>
> Where do I fill a bug report on qmake?

http://www.qtsoftware.com/developer/task-tracker

If you want to make sure to be cross-platform you should use the
CONFIG(debug, debug|release) #similar to debug|Debug
CONFIG(release, debug|release) #similar to release|Release
variants.

++ Eike

>
>
> On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 6:03 PM, fungos <fungos at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Glad to help,
>> I hope someone take a look at this issue, this is very frustrating
>> when we are learning. :S
>>
>> ps: I will test on Kubuntu 9.04.
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 4:57 PM, Ed Sutton <ESutton at fescorp.com>  
>> wrote:
>>>  Thank you very much for solving my problem!
>>>
>>>> In another post I wrote about this issue. This can be a qmake  
>>>> bug, I
>>>> really don't know. But in Windows (only tried there) it will not  
>>>> work
>>>> if it is "debug" or "release". It will work *only* with "Debug" and
>>>> "Release". I will test it in Linux as soon as possible.
>>>
>>> Including this in the PRO file works: "debug:DEFINES+=DEBUG".
>>>
>>> This does not: "Debug:DEFINES+=DEBUG"
>>>
>>> I am using Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2.  But I was pretty sure  
>>> that "Debug:" had worked for me on another RHEL machine - curious.
>>>
>>> Thanks again for you time.
>>>
>>> -Ed
>>>
>>>>>> Debug:DEFINES+=DEBUG
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is the above the correct syntax to conditionally define "DEBUG"  
>>>>>> when
>>>>>> compiling a QT Creator Debug project?
>>>>>
>>>>> I think the canonical way is to use
>>>>>
>>>>>   CONFIG(debug, debug|release)
>>>>>
>>>>> as "condition".
>>>>>
>>>>> Andre'
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