[Qt-creator] Is MSVC on Windows supported?

[Peter Kümmel]

On 05.09.2012 14:47, eike.ziller at nokia.com wrote:
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> On 5 Sep 2012, at 14:19, ext Peter Kümmel <syntheticpp at gmx.net> wrote:
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>> On 05.09.2012 14:04, eike.ziller at nokia.com wrote:
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>>> On 5 Sep 2012, at 12:34, ext Peter Kümmel <syntheticpp at gmx.net> wrote:
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>>>> I wonder how you build on Windows, or even care about MS's compiler:
>>>>
>>>> - jom breaks, bad path name:
>>>> Error: dependent
>>>> '..\..\..\lib\qtcreator\plugins\Nokia\e:\sandbox\creator\qt-creator\src\plugins\coreplugin\Core.pluginspec' does not exist.
>>>>
>>>> - nmake breaks: Makefile.Release(563) : fatal error U1033: Syntaxfehler: ":" unerwartet
>>>>
>>>> - Studio -tp vc: didn't start because it can't find plugins
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2.5, Qt 4.8, msvc10, cmd.exe,
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>>>> shadow dir on different drive
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>>> This is known to not be well supported (by qmake?) and may lead to funny errors, if I remember correctly.
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>> Once I reported a bug because the build directory was on the same level as sources.
>>
>> Qt/QtCreator needs much more build bots, like CMake:
>> 	http://open.cdash.org/index.php?project=CMake
>> not only a hand full.
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> builds.qt-project.org builds Qt Creator with Qt 4.8.2 and Visual Studio 2010, so I don't see where your conclusion comes from.

No build with:
- nmake
- qmake -tp vc
- mingw
- clang
- intel
- latest 4.8 version
- Qt5
- different shadow folders
- qbs
- rebuilds after clean

and that's only on Windows.


> But of course you are invited to donate additional hardware to the Qt Project.
>
>>>> and on checkout-dir level
>>>>
>>>> Peter
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