[Qt-creator] build settings for cross platform? multiple svn checkouts on each development computer

[Coda Highland]

The makefile is generated directly from the .pro file. This is where
everything needs to go, especially if you want your project to work if
you're building it at the command line instead of from within Creator.

The .pro.user file is really just intended for short-term,
system-specific, non-general details that aren't intended to be shared
with other users of the source code.

The only thing that's "broken" is that it's not clear from the way
Creator's UI is laid out that this is the case, and it has to be
explained like this.

Basically, what you need to keep in mind is that Creator is first and
foremost a tool for writing code and creating software, not for
managing projects.

/s/ Adam

On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 9:35 PM, nobodyhere <pem.accounts.spam at gmail.com> wrote:
> This makes Qt Creator sound broken?  I mean, what's the point of having it generate your make files for you (in the .pro.user file), if you have to then rewrite them manually anyway (in the .pro file)?
>
> regards
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Coda Highland" <coda at bobandgeorge.com>
> To: qt-creator at trolltech.com
> Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 8:45:29 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
> Subject: Re: [Qt-creator] build settings for cross platform? multiple svn checkouts on each development computer
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> No, we mean the .pro file. qmake's file format supports a lot of logic
> there, including platform detection (scopes like win32, unix, and
> macx). Never edit the .pro.user file and avoid using Creator's
> built-in tools for changing the build settings -- do all the work
> directly in the .pro file except for things that are SPECIFICALLY
> relevant to only the checkout you're working on.
>
> /s/ Adam
>
> On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 7:32 PM, nobodyhere <pem.accounts.spam at gmail.com> wrote:
>> You mean edit and (svn commit) the project's ".pro.user" file?  (Not the project's ".pro" file?)
>>
>> And the .pro file has hardcoded / absolute paths in it, so how does this let me do a simple (svn checkout and build that just works, with the exact same .pro.user file) for (multiple computers) and (multiple checkouts on the same computer)?
>>
>> Is it required to manually edit the .pro.user XML file's text?
>>
>> thank you for any leads
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Danny Price" <deepblue842 at googlemail.com>
>> To: qt-creator at trolltech.com
>> Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 9:21:30 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
>> Subject: Re: [Qt-creator] build settings for cross platform? multiple svn checkouts on each development computer
>>
>> Set you build settings, project directories and platform-specific configs in the .pro file.
>>
>> On 18 Apr 2010, at 09:26, nobodyhere wrote:
>>
>>> Is there information on how to (svn commit) cross platform (Windows, Mac, Linux) build settings for a Qt Creator project, that doesn't have any absolute paths?
>>>
>>> I created a new project on Windows, then (svn commit) it.  Then I did (svn checkout) of the project on Mac OS.  Unfortunately, I had to create a new set of build settings to get it to build / compile?  But it seems to be storing this build settings stuff in the [project].pro.user file, with absolute paths?
>>>
>>> How can I fix it so that I can simplify for anyone to do multiple fresh (svn checkout)'s of the project on each machine (regardless of OS), and have the build / compile just work (for Windows, Mac, Linux builds) (with multiple checkouts per machine, using relative paths)?
>>>
>>> Why are there absolute paths in this [project].user.pro file (for example, the buildDirectory has an absolute path)?
>>>
>>> thank you for any leads
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