[Qt-creator] CMake config failure == unfixable

[Andy]

On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 4:37 PM, Tobias Hunger <tobias.hunger at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Andy,
>
> Sorry, I left this as a draft and right to send it:-(
>
> On Aug 29, 2017 20:15, "Andy" <asmaloney at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm trying to config a relatively complex project with Qt Creator 4.3.1.
>
> 1. I select a new option - call it "foo".
> 2. It fails to configure because there are new paths to set for "foo".
> 3. I decide to not configure "foo", so I deselect that option from step 1.
> 4. It still fails to configure - with no way to fix it now.
> 5. The "Advanced" checkbox is disabled meaning I can't remove the new
> stuff it added in step 2 to get a working config again.
> 6. I tried to configure it using the CMake application instead, but now
> when I load the project I get a completely blank configuration with errors
> pointing at the paths from step 2.
>
>
> You can always ask Creator to throw away the current configuration and
> start over. There is a menu entry to blow away CMakeCache.txt for exactly
> this case:-)
>

Thanks Tobias.


> Is there a way to avoid using this config interface completely and just
> use the CMake application like we used to do?
>
>
> Creator still uses cmake, it just calls it with different parameters:-)
>

I understand that, but the CMake application (GUI) is much easier to use to
configure a project than the capabilities provided by Creator, so I'd
rather just use it. Is there a way to make it work? When I generate things
that way, I can't get Creator to work with the configuration.

I tried to completely remove my config and copy one from another (working)
kit using the "Copy steps from another kit...", but it doesn't copy the
whole configuration, so I still need to mess around with settings and
sometimes I end up back in the "can't do anything" mode and have to
restart. So I'm pretty frustrated with the built-in cmake config stuff.

(... but I really like Creator overall! :-))
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