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diff --git a/doc/qbs.qdoc b/doc/qbs.qdoc index 0e99d5dae..5835d7e15 100644 --- a/doc/qbs.qdoc +++ b/doc/qbs.qdoc @@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ Regenerating the man page requires the \c help2man tool. - \section1 Building + \section1 Building \QBS with QMake To build \QBS, enter the following command: @@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ make install INSTALL_ROOT=$INSTALL_DIRECTORY \endcode - \section1 Configure Options + \section2 QMake Configure Options \QBS recognizes the following qmake CONFIG options to customize the build: @@ -510,6 +510,46 @@ before running qmake to specify a custom location for \QBS to look for its system-level settings. + \section1 Building \QBS with \QBS + + It is also possible to build \QBS with the previously installed \QBS version. + To build \QBS, enter the following command in the source directory: + \code + qbs + \endcode + This will use the \c defaultProfile or pick up the Qt version and the toolchain from the \c PATH + if the \c defaultProfile is not set. See \l {Configuring Profiles and Preferences} for details + about profiles. + + To run automatic tests, the \c autotest-runner product should be built: + \code + qbs build -p autotest-runner + \endcode + \QBS will use an empty profile when running tests which means it will try to autodetect + toolchains, Qt versions and other things based on the system environment. + It is possible to specify which profile should be used during the test-run by passing the + \c QBS_AUTOTEST_PROFILE environment variable. + This variable should be set prior to building \QBS itself; otherwise the \c resolve command + should be used to update the environment stored in the buildgraph: + \code + export QBS_AUTOTEST_PROFILE=qt + qbs resolve + qbs build -p autotest-runner + \endcode + + It is also possible to set up a separate profile for a particular testsuite. + A profile for the \c tst_blackbox_android suite can be set up as follows: + \code + qbs setup-android pie + export QBS_AUTOTEST_PROFILE_BLACKBOX_ANDROID=pie + \endcode + + It might be useful to set up the directory with the \QBS settings to isolate the test + environment: + \code + export QBS_AUTOTEST_SETTINGS_DIR=~/path/to/qbs/settings + \endcode + \section1 Using Docker A set of Docker images for developing \QBS (which are maintained by the \QBS team) is available |