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author | Leena Miettinen <riitta-leena.miettinen@qt.io> | 2018-06-05 11:10:12 +0200 |
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committer | Leena Miettinen <riitta-leena.miettinen@qt.io> | 2018-06-06 15:30:09 +0000 |
commit | b816992a39b77373f09945a64f83cd016fb9c374 (patch) | |
tree | d368c26216058751246f05df3ec2083508701dfb /doc | |
parent | 4f51b89d653afcdafc504a212ffd4cb98aa63164 (diff) |
Doc: Describe "Add linker library search paths to run environment"
A general option for disabling library linking generally for all
projects.
Task-number: QTCREATORBUG-20240
Change-Id: I9f7f53e6deae7079613be32dadcd1325e5579720
Reviewed-by: Christian Kandeler <christian.kandeler@qt.io>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/images/qtcreator-pprunsettings.png | bin | 9385 -> 37170 bytes | |||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/src/projects/creator-projects-settings-run-desktop.qdocinc | 20 |
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/doc/images/qtcreator-pprunsettings.png b/doc/images/qtcreator-pprunsettings.png Binary files differindex 7e3a22a50b6..f1cd9f6e58e 100644 --- a/doc/images/qtcreator-pprunsettings.png +++ b/doc/images/qtcreator-pprunsettings.png diff --git a/doc/src/projects/creator-projects-settings-run-desktop.qdocinc b/doc/src/projects/creator-projects-settings-run-desktop.qdocinc index c9c2ef06dbc..1754af25a95 100644 --- a/doc/src/projects/creator-projects-settings-run-desktop.qdocinc +++ b/doc/src/projects/creator-projects-settings-run-desktop.qdocinc @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ /**************************************************************************** ** -** Copyright (C) 2017 The Qt Company Ltd. +** Copyright (C) 2018 The Qt Company Ltd. ** Contact: https://www.qt.io/licensing/ ** ** This file is part of the Qt Creator documentation. @@ -39,12 +39,18 @@ \image qtcreator-pprunsettings.png When building an application, \QC creates a list of directories where the - linker will look for libraries that were built as part of the project. To - search those directories for libraries when starting an application, select - the \uicontrol {Add build library search path} check box. The linked - directories are made visible to the executable that \QC is attempting to - run. This option is enabled by default, and you should disable it only if - you use deployment steps. + linker will look for libraries that the application links to. By + default, the linked libraries are made visible to the executable that + \QC is attempting to run. Usually, you should disable this option only if it + causes unwanted side-effects or if you use deployment steps, such as + \c {make install}, and want to make sure that the deployed application will + find the libraries also when it is run without \QC. + + To disable library linking for the current project, deselect the + \uicontrol {Add build library search path to PATH} check box. To disable + library linking for all projects, select \uicontrol Tools > + \uicontrol Options > \uicontrol General, and then deselect the + \uicontrol {Add linker library search paths to run environment} check box. The \uicontrol {Use debug version of frameworks (DYLD_IMAGE_SUFFIX=_debug)} option (only available on \macos) enables you to debug (for example, step into) |