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| author | Joerg Bornemann <joerg.bornemann@theqtcompany.com> | 2014-10-29 11:06:37 +0100 |
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| committer | Christian Kandeler <christian.kandeler@theqtcompany.com> | 2015-01-08 10:44:40 +0100 |
| commit | 0fcbcb9ddf7fab9698bccbd75f1190640f641439 (patch) | |
| tree | ac023966b7672615ef30f5c72a2c47a40ea2d180 /doc/qbs.qdoc | |
| parent | 79bd57e2e8e4a8704c3588de8cc49487abf52652 (diff) | |
Do installation at build time.
This is useful for e.g. "packaging products" that work
on the contents of installation folders. For this purpose,
we also expose the install root as a property in the qbs
module.
Opt-out is available, and the "install" command still works.
Change-Id: I346a8e6d19fc24b38660201b1f6fa510acc6676c
Reviewed-by: Jake Petroules <jake.petroules@petroules.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/qbs.qdoc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/qbs.qdoc | 7 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/qbs.qdoc b/doc/qbs.qdoc index 5ed0db3b4..50a29e76b 100644 --- a/doc/qbs.qdoc +++ b/doc/qbs.qdoc @@ -711,14 +711,13 @@ The actual installation is then done like this (using the default profile): \code - qbs install --install-root /tmp/myProjectRoot --remove-first + qbs --clean-install-root qbs.installRoot:/tmp/myProjectRoot \endcode Here, we want the installDir properties from the project file to be interpreted relative to the directory \c{/tmp/myProjectRoot}, and we want that directory to be removed first. - If the \c{--install-root} option is not given, a default is used, namely \c{<build root>/install-root}. - \QBS understands the special install root value \c{@sysroot}, which stands for the value of - the property \c{qbs.sysroot}. + If the \c{qbs.installRoot} property is not given, a default is used, namely + \c{<build root>/install-root}. */ /*! |