[Releasing] 5.0.0-rc2 build issues on Linux

[Thiago Macieira]

On segunda-feira, 17 de dezembro de 2012 08.04.50, Mika Boström wrote:
> Modules failing to build at RC2:
> 
>                   Last tag
> ------------------------------
> qt3d                beta1
> qtimageformats      rc2   !!
> qtquick1            rc2   !!
> qtlocation          beta1  *
> qtsensors           beta1
> qtsystems           beta1
> qtwayland           beta1
> 
> [*]: qtlocation depends on qt3d, so is not built at all
> 
> All modules above fail with identical error:
> "Project ERROR: Project has no top-level .qmake.conf file"

You cannot build the tags. Please update to the latest Git.

The beta1 packages are incompatible with the qmake that comes with Qt 5.0 RC2.

> In addition, QtWebKit and umbrella repo qt5.git do not have -rcX tags:
> 
>                   Last tag
> ------------------------------
> qtwebkit            beta2
> qt5.git             beta1

Yes, they do:

$ git ls-remote git://gitorious.org/qt/qtwebkit.git
69e9b8736f2410fc33db62b432cf5210b50331e9        HEAD
b71580caec90bb8c4f0193b131b608e49003ba63        refs/heads/dev
f3c71d2044e129b406603f41ae208fa6fc54dd12        refs/heads/release
69e9b8736f2410fc33db62b432cf5210b50331e9        refs/heads/stable
77e98c450c4606445033d3cb676fd2525aa3ebbd        refs/tags/v5.0.0-rc1
c37c507e58da50f4f94db998c19e355cc84e53d8        refs/tags/v5.0.0-rc1^{}
2d9bd2277183857c3661e3986e83836e30c08765        refs/tags/v5.0.0-rc2
bc50f90011752792c40653470a619b6c68e5d3b4        refs/tags/v5.0.0-rc2^{}

Check that you have the right URL for the repository. It changed recently.

> Logically there must be some common reason for the build failures, but I
> don't see what it could be.

Mixing incompatible sources.

-- 
Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com
  Software Architect - Intel Open Source Technology Center
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