[Releasing] Qt 5 alpha 20120314: linux g++ C++11: FAILURE

Rohan McGovern rohan.mcgovern at nokia.com
Mon Mar 19 00:09:10 CET 2012


Thiago Macieira said:
> On sexta-feira, 16 de março de 2012 10.54.44, kai.koehne at nokia.com wrote:
> > >> I'll try that. That's the way I build Qt these days anyway, I was just
> > >> wondering if there was a better / more recommended way.
> > >> 
> > >> I also recommend removing the configure and qt.pro from the top-level.
> > > 
> > > yes, we probably should do that for the alpha.
> > 
> > Huh? Doesn't the top level qt.pro contain the module dependencies? Do we
> > seriously expect people to work them out on their own?
> > 
> > Given the choice, I'd rather propose that we only support -developer-build
> > or -prefix="%PWD%/qtbase" in the alpha.
> 
> Neither of those options are acceptable. The package must be installable. We 
> must fix installation before releasing the alpha.
> 
> I suggest we remove the files, then add a README that includes the correct 
> build order.
> 

As mentioned in another email, doing configure and make install (as
opposed to configure and make and make install) seems to work.  Have you
tried it?



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