I very much agree with this regarding QMake. The documentation is useless
and I haven't the slightest idea how one is supposed to set different
configurations for release and debug builds. I have my own work-arounds but
like David, I don't understand the whole CONFIG(debug, debug|release) thing.
I would like to have something like:
release{
DESTDIR = ../Release
}
else{
DESTDIR = ../Debug
}
One might think such a thing would work but it doesn't. Ideally, one would
expect switching from Debug to Release in Qt Creator's project tab would
allow one to change how QMake builds the project. I expect this can all be
done, there's just no clear documentation.
Dan Grubbs
On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 11:55 AM, David Ching <d...@remove-this.dcsoft.com>wrote:
> "André Pönitz" <andre.poen...@nokia.com> wrote in message
> news:200910060832.34694.andre.poen...@nokia.com...
> > I fail to see the "underlying issue". The qmake "language" is case
> > sensitive
> > like C, C++, Java, and lots of others.
> >
> > The fact that on case insensitive file systems file names embedded in a
> > .pro file are not case sensitive has nothing to do with the language.
> > This is pretty much the same as using a file name within C++ source code.
> >
>
> There is no underlying issue regarding the qmake language implementation,
> but from a user experience it is definitely not nice. My post was meant as
> a warning: if Qt tools don't do what they are supposed to, check the case
> sensitivity! BTW, someone else posted here a few months ago that on
> Windows, the proper behavior was achieved ONLY by giving the incorrect
>
> CONFIG(Debug,Debug|Release)
>
> which was a bug that I guess has been fixed. Anyway, that's the only
> reason
> I even had the wrong case, was due to the post that says it would work.
>
> BTW, since we are discussing the qmake language, and are from Nokia, I
> offer
> you the feedback that the CONFIG(debug, debug|release) is very confusing;
> as
> well as the fact that the .pro is parsed up to 3 times with various
> settings
> of these. The doc (at least the doc that I have read) is not very clear
> about this, and most users don't care whether BOTH release and debug are
> defined, they just want to set different settings for release than for
> debug. I don't understand the philosophy Qt is trying to offer with this,
> and there are many posts of people who don't understand why
>
> debug {
> }
> else:release {
> }
>
> do not work.
>
> So even though Qt is in general a joy to work with, when it comes time for
> Nokia to discuss how to make Qt more usable, perhaps you will consider
> this.
>
>
> Thanks,
> David
>
>
>
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