[Qt-interest] problem with scopes in qmake makefiles

[John McClurkin]

Elric wrote:
> I have the following code in makefile:
> 
> win32 {
>   CONFIG(debug) {
>     DESTDIR         = bin/debug
>     OBJECTS_DIR     = bin/debug
>     CONFIG         += console
>   } else {
>     DESTDIR         = bin/release
>     OBJECTS_DIR     = bin/release
>     CONFIG         -= console
>     QMAKE_POST_LINK = upx -9 -q $$DESTDIR/$$join(TARGET, "", "", ".exe")
>   }
> }
> 
> The problem is that when I build it in release mode, it is built as a
> console application and the resulting executable doesn't get
> compressed with upx. It just looks like a debug rule has been applied.
> However, the executable is built in bin/release folder, which means
> that qmake took DESTDIR and OBJECTS_DIR from release rule, and CONSOLE
> from debug one.
> 
> I'm using the following commands to compile it:
> 
> qmake
> nmake release
> 
> and
> 
> qmake
> nmake debug
> 
> Am I missing something?
> 

The way I do this is:
CONFIG(release, debug|release) {
	.
	.
	.
}
CONFIG(debug, debug|relase) {
	.
	.
	.
}
I don't remember just where I stumbled on this format, but it works for me.