Anyone got a chance to try the sample project which illustrates the issue? It'll be great if someone with Qt5 beta installed can give it a quick spin. You just need to extract the contents of the archive and run 'qmake && make' in the project dir.
Thanks for your time. Regards, -mandeep On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Mandeep Sandhu <mandeepsandhu....@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > I've recently stumbled upon a problem where building a static lib, > with a QMAKE_POST_LINK step of "make install" results in recursion! > > I'm attaching a small example which illustrates the problem. I've > tried this with Qt 4.8.1. Can anyone try this simple example on > his/her setup and confirm if the problem exists there too (I haven't > tried with Qt 5)? To replicate the issue just run 'qmake' and then > 'make' in the project and you should see the build getting stuck in > the 'make install' step. > > The QMAKE_POST_LINK step is included so that the lib is automatically > installed post building and a user need not give an explicit 'make > install'. > > The problem _only_ happens if I try to build a static lib. The _same_ > pro file will work when building a shared lib. > > The problem lies in the below snippet of the Makefile: > > build/$(TARGET): $(OBJECTS) $(OBJCOMP) > @$(CHK_DIR_EXISTS) build/ || $(MKDIR) build/ > -$(DEL_FILE) $(TARGET) > $(AR) $(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) > make install <------------------ Wrong. This step should be the > last cmd for this target (this is causing the recursion) > -$(DEL_FILE) build/$(TARGET) > -$(MOVE) $(TARGET) build/ > > > Whereas the same build rule when making a shared lib looks proper (the > make install step is the LAST step): > > build/$(TARGET): $(OBJECTS) $(SUBLIBS) $(OBJCOMP) > @$(CHK_DIR_EXISTS) build/ || $(MKDIR) build/ > -$(DEL_FILE) $(TARGET) $(TARGET0) $(TARGET1) $(TARGET2) > $(LINK) $(LFLAGS) -o $(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(LIBS) $(OBJCOMP) > -ln -s $(TARGET) $(TARGET0) > -ln -s $(TARGET) $(TARGET1) > -ln -s $(TARGET) $(TARGET2) > -$(DEL_FILE) build/$(TARGET) > -$(DEL_FILE) build/$(TARGET0) > -$(DEL_FILE) build/$(TARGET1) > -$(DEL_FILE) build/$(TARGET2) > -$(MOVE) $(TARGET) $(TARGET0) $(TARGET1) $(TARGET2) build/ > make install < --------------------- correctly done as the last step > > The pro file is pretty simple so this looks like a qmake bug to me. > But I'd like a confirmation once from others here too. I'll file a bug > report then > > Thanks for your time. > > Regards, > -mandeep _______________________________________________ Interest mailing list Interest@qt-project.org http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest
