[Qt-interest] QMake...

[Christopher Probst]

yes... but it's a very naughty hack

QMAKE_DISTCLEAN += $$DESTDIR/* |  rm -rf $$DESTDIR



On 24 Mar 2010, at 14:39, BRM wrote:

> Thanks. That looks to do the trick:
>
> QMAKE_CLEAN *= $$DESTDIR/*
>
> Any trick to removing directories?
> E.g.:
>
> QMAKE_DISTCLEAN *= $$DESTDIR
>
>
> Ben
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Christopher Probst <cprobst at ics.com>
>> To: BRM <bm_witness at yahoo.com>
>> Cc: qt-interest <qt-interest at trolltech.com>
>> Sent: Wed, March 24, 2010 6:07:38 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Qt-interest] QMake...
>>
>> sorry make that
>
> QMAKE_CLEAN += $$DESTDIR/*
>
> or
>
> QMAKE_CLEAN
>> += $$DESTDIR/lib*
>
> slashes work better on your platform ;)
>
> On 24
>> Mar 2010, at 09:48, Christopher Probst wrote:
>
>> Hello
>> Ben,
>>
>> I would add  the following to your pro
>> file.
>>
>> QMAKE_CLEAN += $$DESTDIR\*
>>
>>
>> or
>>
>> QMAKE_CLEAN += $$DESTDIR\lib*
>>
>>
>>
>> depending on what you want deleted on a make clean..
>>
>>
>> see
>>
>> for more details see
>>
>>
>> http://doc.trolltech.com/4.5/qmake-variable-reference.html#qmake- 
>> clean
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Christo
>>
>>
>> On 24 Mar 2010, at 00:28, BRM
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I have a number of projects that use Qmake; some have
>> sub-projects
>>> as dependencies.
>>> Each project is laid out
>> as follows:
>>>
>>> <project dir>\
>>> <project
>> dir>\src
>>> <project dir>\include
>>>
>>> Most
>> all of the dependencies build into static libraries using
>>> Qmake, and
>> as such leave their binaries in the following:
>>>
>>>
>> <project dir>\lib
>>> <project
>> dir>\lib.debug
>>>
>>> This all works, the projects find
>> their dependencies and link
>>> without a
>> problem.
>>>
>>> The problem is when a dependency fails to
>> build, the previous build
>>> is often still in the output location -
>> even when I run 'make
>>> distclean'; thus the full project links even
>> when it should not.
>>>
>>> The output directory is specified as
>> follow in the QMake file:
>>>
>>> CONFIG(debug,debug|release)
>> {
>>>  DESTDIR = ../lib.debug
>>> } else
>> {
>>>  DESTDIR = ../lib
>>> }
>>>
>>> Is
>> there a way I can get it the QMake project to clean out the
>>> DESTDIR
>> location? At the very least when I run "make distclean",
>>> though
>> preferably on "make clean" too.
>>> Note: The project only needs to
>> clean out what it puts in there
>>> itself.
>>>
>>>
>> TIA,
>>>
>>> Ben
>>>
>>>
>>>
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