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The following table + shows the compiler support for five modules that are not uniformly available for all + platforms and compilers. + + \table + \header \o Compiler \o{5,1} Features + \header \o \o Concurrent \o XmlPatterns \o WebKit \o CLucene \o Phonon + \row \o g++ 3.3 \o \o \bold{X} \o \o \bold{X} \o \bold{X} + \row \o g++ 3.4 and up \o \bold{X} \o \bold{X} \o \bold{X} \o \bold{X} \o \bold{X} + \row + \row \o SunCC 5.5 \o \o \o \o \bold{X} \o \bold{X} + \row + \row \o aCC series 3 \o \o \o \o \bold{X} \o \bold{X} + \row \o aCC series 6 \o \bold{X} \o \bold{X} \o \bold{X} \o \bold{X} \o \bold{X} + \row \o xlC 6 \o \o \o \o \bold{X} \o \bold{X} + \row \o Intel CC 10 \o \bold{X} \o \bold{X} \o \bold{X} \o \bold{X} \o \bold{X} + \row + \row \o MSVC 2003 \o \bold{X} \o \bold{X} \o \o \bold{X} \o \bold{X} + \row \o MSVC 2005 and up \o \bold{X} \o \bold{X} \o \bold{X} \o \bold{X} \o \bold{X} + \endtable + + \target GCC + \section1 GCC + + \section2 GCC on Windows (MinGW) + + We have tested Qt with this compiler on Windows XP. + The minimal version of MinGW supported is: + + \list + \o GCC 3.4.2 + \o MinGW runtime 3.7 + \o win32api 3.2 + \o binutils 2.15.91 + \o mingw32-make 3.80.0-3 + \endlist + + \section2 GCC 4.0.0 + + The released package of the compiler has some bugs that lead to miscompilations. + We recommend using GCC 4.0.1 or later, or to use a recent CVS snapshot of the + GCC 4.0 branch. The version of GCC 4.0.0 that is shipped with Mac OS X 10.4 + "Tiger" is known to work with Qt for Mac OS X. + + \section2 HP-UX + + The hpux-g++ platform is tested with GCC 3.4.4. + + \section2 Solaris + + Please use GCC 3.4.2 or later. + + \section2 Mac OS X + + Please use the latest GCC 3.3 from Apple or a later version of GCC 3. + The gcc 3.3 that is provided with Xcode 1.5 is known to generate bad code. + Use the November 2004 GCC 3.3 updater \l{http://connect.apple.com}{available from Apple}. + + \section2 GCC 3.4.6 (Debian 3.4.6-5) on AMD64 (x86_64) + + This compiler is known to miscompile some parts of Qt when doing a + release build. There are several workarounds: + + \list 1 + \o Use a debug build instead. + \o For each miscompilation encountered, recompile the file, removing the -O2 option. + \o Add -fno-gcse to the QMAKE_CXXFLAGS_RELEASE. + \endlist + + \section1 HP ANSI C++ (aCC) + + The hpux-acc-32 and hpux-acc-64 platforms are tested with aCC A.03.57. The + hpuxi-acc-32 and hpuxi-acc-64 platforms are tested with aCC A.06.10. + + \section1 Intel C++ Compiler + + Qt supports the Intel C++ compiler on both Windows and Linux. + However, there are a few issues on Linux (see the following + section). + + \section2 Intel C++ Compiler for Linux + + Nokia currently tests the following compilers: + + \list + + \o Intel(R) C++ Compiler for applications running on IA-32, + Version 10.1 Build 20080602 Package ID: l_cc_p_10.1.017 + + \o Intel(R) C++ Compiler for applications running on Intel(R) 64, + Version 10.1 Build 20080602 Package ID: l_cc_p_10.1.017 + + \endlist + + We do not currently test the IA-64 (Itanium) compiler. + + \section2 Known Issues with Intel C++ Compiler for Linux + + \list + + \o Precompiled header support does not work in version 10.0.025 + and older. For these compilers, you should configure Qt with + -no-pch. Precompiled header support works properly in version + 10.0.026 and later. + \o Version 10.0.026 for Intel 64 is known to miscompile qmake when + building in release mode. For now, configure Qt with + -debug. Version 10.1.008 and later can compile qmake in release + mode. + \o Versions 10.1.008 to 10.1.015 for both IA-32 and Intel 64 are + known crash with "(0): internal error: 0_47021" when compiling + QtXmlPatterns, QtWebKit, and Designer in release mode. Version + 10.1.017 compiles these modules correctly in release mode. + \endlist + + \section2 Intel C++ Compiler (Windows, Altix) + + Qt 4 has been tested successfully with: + + \list + \o Windows - Intel(R) C++ Compiler for 32-bit applications, + Version 8.1 Build 20050309Z Package ID: W_CC_PC_8.1.026 + \o Altix - Intel(R) C++ Itanium(R) Compiler for Itanium(R)-based + applications Version 8.1 Build 20050406 Package ID: l_cc_pc_8.1.030 + \endlist + + We currently only test the Intel compiler on 32-bit Windows versions. + + \section1 MIPSpro (IRIX) + + \bold{IRIX is an unsupported platform. See the \l{Supported Platforms} page + and Qt's Software's online \l{Platform Support Policy} page for details.} + + Qt 4.4.x requires MIPSpro version 7.4.2m. + + Note that MIPSpro version 7.4.4m is currently not supported, since it has + introduced a number of problems that have not yet been resolved. + We recommend using 7.4.2m for Qt development. However, please note the + unsupported status of this platform. + + \target Sun Studio + \section1 Forte Developer / Sun Studio (Solaris) + + \section2 Sun Studio + + Qt is tested using Sun Studio 8 (Sun CC 5.5). Go to + \l{Sun Studio Patches} page on Sun's Web site to download + the latest patches for your Sun compiler. + + \section2 Sun WorkShop 5.0 + + Sun WorkShop 5.0 is not supported with Qt 4. + + \section1 Visual Studio (Windows) + + We do most of our Windows development on Windows XP, using Microsoft + Visual Studio .NET 2005 and Visual Studio 2008 (both the 32- and 64-bit + versions). + + Qt works with the Standard Edition, the Professional Edition and Team + System Edition of Visual Studio 2005. + + We also test Qt 4 on Windows XP with Visual Studio .NET and Visual Studio 2003. + + In order to use Qt with the Visual Studio 2005/2008 Express Edition you need + to download and install the platform SDK. Due to limitations in the + Express Edition it is not possible for us to install the Qt Visual + Studio Integration. You will need to use our command line tools to + build Qt applications with this edition. + + The Visual C++ Linker doesn't understand filenames with spaces (as in + \c{C:\Program files\Qt\}) so you will have to move it to another place, + or explicitly set the path yourself; for example: + + \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_compiler-notes.qdoc 0 + + If you are experiencing strange problems with using special flags that + modify the alignment of structure and union members (such as \c{/Zp2}) + then you will need to recompile Qt with the flags set for the + application as well. + + If you're using Visual Studio .NET (2002) Standard Edition, you should be + using the Qt binary package provided, and not the source package. + As the Standard Edition does not optimize compiled code, your compiled + version of Qt would perform suboptimally with respect to speed. + + With Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 a bug was introduced which + causes Qt not to compile, this has been fixed with a hotfix available + from Microsoft. See this + \l{http://www.qtsoftware.com/developer/faqs/faq.2006-12-18.3281869860}{Knowledge Base entry} + for more information. + + \section1 IBM xlC (AIX) + + The makeC++SharedLib utility must be in your PATH and be up to date to + build shared libraries. From IBM's + \l{http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg245674.html}{C and C++ Application Development on AIX} + Redbook: + + \list + \o "The second step is to use the makeC++SharedLib command to create the + shared object. The command has many optional arguments, but in its + simplest form, can be used as follows:" + \snippet doc/src/snippets/code/doc_src_compiler-notes.qdoc 1 + \o "The full path name to the command is not required; however, to avoid + this, you will have to add the directory in which it is located to + your PATH environment variable. The command is located in the + /usr/vacpp/bin directory with the VisualAge C++ Professional for AIX, + Version 5 compiler." + \endlist + + \section2 VisualAge C++ for AIX, Version 6.0 + + Make sure you have the + \l{http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=32&tc=SSEP5D&dc=D400}{latest upgrades} + installed. +*/ |