[Qt-creator] Qt Creator variables in Run settings for Bare Metal device

[Toralf Lund]

Hi

I'm trying to set up Qt Creator for debugging on a "bare metal" device. 
(ARM system, using JTAG POD with built-in GDB server.)

I think I can generally get this to work, but I'm experiencing an issue 
with the Run configuration: It seems like Qt Creator variables can't be 
used in "Executable" and "Working directory" settings. I mean, I get the 
normal "variables" icon and can select from a list etc., but it looks 
like nothing is ever expanded; if for instance I set Executable to 
"%{sourceDir}/executablename" and try to start debugging, I get

Cannot debug: Could not find executable for "%{sourceDir}/exectablename".

in the Application Output view.

Note that I see this only for settings connected to the kit for my 
device. With the same configuration under Desktop, the debugger is 
started as expected, or if the file is actually missing, "%{sourceDir}" 
is replaced by the real source directory path in error messages.

Has anyone else seen this? Is it a known error or limitation? Or am I 
missing something? Should I set up something else somewhere or use 
different variables or something?

My goal is to avoid hard-coded full paths, for a shareable/version 
control system-friendly configuration...

Some meta question (kind of) while I'm at it: I don't see a lot of 
traffic on this list. Does this mean there is a different (better) 
alternative way of asking questions? Or could it mean nobody is actually 
using Qt Creator. :-/ ?

Thanks,

- Toralf