[Qt-interest] Qt 4.7.1 Linux libs

[Thiago Macieira]

On Wednesday, 10 de November de 2010 00:56:21 Joshua Grauman wrote:
> Correct me if I'm wrong, you obviously know a lot more about this than I
> do. But my understanding was that the Qt SDK included libs so that
> Designer/Assistant/etc would run on just about any Linux distro, right?
> Wasn't the SDK designed so that you could run, say, Designer, on most
> Linux distros? 

That is correct.

> So I used those same libs with my app so that my app didn't
> require the latest Linux distro either.
>
> Otherwise I need to setup a chroot with an older distro and slightly older
> system libs on it to ensure that the compiled Qt will work on older
> distros.

Ah, that explains. It's about the older system libraries.

> I just realized I think I didn't make something clear. I want to *include*
> Qt libs with my app. But if I compile my own Qt libs, then my Qt will need
> those versions of my system libs or greater.
> 
> Clear as mud?

Yup, now it is :-)

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