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| author | Kavindra Palaraja <kpalaraja@luxoft.com> | 2019-04-12 16:32:51 +0200 |
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| committer | Joerg Bornemann <joerg.bornemann@qt.io> | 2019-04-23 09:05:15 +0000 |
| commit | 49be1a3c1f81a85ab3e9061bc95bf61ebc35ef08 (patch) | |
| tree | 2f959e07782c88895fb6085f8b2ce48668e0e882 /qmake | |
| parent | 51bae0331c1fde52d0b3f1184d38a2be462ebd42 (diff) | |
doc: Explain the config members for INSTALLS
Task-number: QTBUG-3209
Change-Id: I00f181a9f29d4ae440a9ad6a2d99877cab482db8
Reviewed-by: Joerg Bornemann <joerg.bornemann@qt.io>
Diffstat (limited to 'qmake')
| -rw-r--r-- | qmake/doc/src/qmake-manual.qdoc | 35 |
1 files changed, 35 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/qmake/doc/src/qmake-manual.qdoc b/qmake/doc/src/qmake-manual.qdoc index d91d056d10..efc049e03a 100644 --- a/qmake/doc/src/qmake-manual.qdoc +++ b/qmake/doc/src/qmake-manual.qdoc @@ -1271,6 +1271,41 @@ \snippet code/doc_src_qmake-manual.pro 36 + \c INSTALLS has a \c{.CONFIG} member that can take several values: + + \table + \header + \li Value + \li Description + \row + \li no_check_exists + \li If not set, qmake looks to see if the files to install actually + exist. If these files don't exist, qmake doesn’t create the + install rule. Use this config value if you need to install + files that are generated as part of your build process, like + HTML files created by qdoc. + \row + \li nostrip + \li If set, the typical Unix strip functionality is turned off and + the debug information will remain in the binary. + \row + \li executable + \li On Unix, this sets the executable flag. + \row + \li no_build + \li When you do a \c{make install}, and you don't have a build of + the project yet, the project is first built, and then installed. + If you don't want this behavior, set this config value to ensure + that the build target is not added as a dependency to the install + target. + \row + \li no_default_install + \li A project has a top-level project target where, when you do a + \c{make install}, everything is installed. But, if you have an + install target with this config value set, it's not installed by + default. You then have to explicitly say \c{make install_<file>}. + \endtable + For more information, see \l{Installing Files}. This variable is also used to specify which additional files will be |