Qxt is a SUBDIRS project and I haven't had a problem with it in Creator... um... ever. What problems are you describing?
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 7:54 AM, Danny Price <deepblue...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Eike Ziller <eike.zil...@nokia.com> wrote: >> >> On Apr 26, 2010, at 1:14 PM, ext Danny Price wrote: >> >> > >> > On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Tobias Hunger >> > <tobias.hun...@nokia.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Danny! >> >> >> >> Sorry, I really do not see anything to fix in creator for the following >> >> reasons: >> >> >> >> * No variable is ignored. DESTDIR is relative to the build directory, >> >> so it is set and used correctly (but points to a location where the >> >> stuff it is looking for is not found). >> >> >> >> * No build pathes are changed. Everything is put exactly where >> >> specified. >> >> >> >> * Creator does not interfere with anything set in the .pro-file. >> >> >> >> >> >> Your example project layout is basically three separate projects, tied >> >> together using relative pathes so that the libraries are found. That >> >> does indeed break in the presence of shadow building (or even more >> >> minor >> >> changes like the user checking out these three projects into separate >> >> directories, renaming some directory, etc.). I do not know your project >> >> requirements and there is probably a good reason for doing things the >> >> way you did, but I would really suggest making the build system more >> >> robust. >> >> >> > Ah so you can explain how I should modify the sample projects to do just >> > that? I assume that relative paths from the shadow build directories are >> > also a bad idea? >> > >> >> The preferred way is of course (as you already suggested) to bundle the >> >> libraries and the application using them together into one SUBDIRS >> >> project. That way you do get dependency tracking and the libraries will >> >> get automatically rebuild when they are changed. This further should >> >> ease packaging of the complete thing. >> >> >> > Now this I find interesting as it seems to contradict Nokia's previous >> > advice on the subject - that is to use sessions... >> >> We (as in "a bunch of Qt Creator developers") have been promoting the use >> of subdirs pro files a lot as well on this mailing list. Because both >> sessions and special setups in Qt Creator's project settings are special Qt >> Creator setups. So relying on these is no use in mixed environments. >> >> > I've had very mixed results with SUBDIRS in creator. I have to be setup >> > manually, require the use of undocumented qmake features and don't always >> > link together properly when dependants change. And until recently, you had >> > to rebuild the until tree for a single dependant change to be picked up. >> > >> > But even if I use a subdir, won't I have the same issues? SUBDIRS allow >> > me to specify the build order but not link dependencies for which I need >> > PRE_TARGETDEPS. So I have to specify a path. What path do I specify? >> >> Since you would open the SUBDIRS project in Qt Creator, you end up with a >> single project in Qt Creator, >> and therefore with a single shadow build directory for your whole, >> multi-part project. So you can use relative paths for mapping between the >> sub-projects. >> Like when opening qtcreator.pro. >> The thing that is not clear to me (haven't tried), though, is how qmake >> actually maps the paths to a shadow build directory if you use SUBDIRS that >> refer to sub projects via ../ (ie. if your sub projects are not in a >> sub-path of the SUBDIRS project). >> > > Thanks for the clarification. So if you're going to be pushing shadow builds > from now on, and SUBDIRs are the most compatible form of project > organization, can we expect to see improved support for SUBDIRs in Creator > any time soon? > >> > >> >> If you are reusing the same libraries together with several >> >> applications >> >> you can of course have several top-level SUBDIRS project files (one for >> >> each application, referencing the application itself and all libraries >> >> used by it). >> >> >> > Thanks I might try that. >> > >> > >> >> Br, Eike >> >> -- >> Eike Ziller >> Software Engineer >> Nokia, Qt Development Frameworks >> >> Nokia gate5 GmbH >> Firmensitz: Invalidenstr. 117, 10115 Berlin, Germany >> Registergericht: Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, Berlin: HRB 106443 B >> Umsatzsteueridentifikationsnummer: DE 812 845 193 >> Geschäftsführer: Dr. Michael Halbherr, Karim Tähtivuori >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Qt-creator mailing list >> Qt-creator@trolltech.com >> http://lists.trolltech.com/mailman/listinfo/qt-creator > > > _______________________________________________ > Qt-creator mailing list > Qt-creator@trolltech.com > http://lists.trolltech.com/mailman/listinfo/qt-creator > > _______________________________________________ Qt-creator mailing list Qt-creator@trolltech.com http://lists.trolltech.com/mailman/listinfo/qt-creator
