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| author | Oswald Buddenhagen <oswald.buddenhagen@theqtcompany.com> | 2014-12-01 20:06:52 +0100 |
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| committer | Oswald Buddenhagen <oswald.buddenhagen@theqtcompany.com> | 2015-02-05 14:26:31 +0000 |
| commit | a07fd165f34167c2b2e1cc4ea03ba8b82ebedc34 (patch) | |
| tree | 6cfd4cdb1f568c3a5dda68535b13221bc0f6fccc /tools | |
| parent | c0fa5922b2decccb9358202ad603ba2457abb05f (diff) | |
configure --help clarifications relating to -*prefix
Change-Id: I71c78b7c91c9fedb7d55731b3f61d46ea75c9b8d
Reviewed-by: Joerg Bornemann <joerg.bornemann@theqtcompany.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/configure/configureapp.cpp | 11 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/tools/configure/configureapp.cpp b/tools/configure/configureapp.cpp index adab4b7a9a..a1d0699786 100644 --- a/tools/configure/configureapp.cpp +++ b/tools/configure/configureapp.cpp @@ -1717,12 +1717,15 @@ bool Configure::displayHelp() desc("These are optional, but you may specify install directories.\n\n", 0, 1); - desc( "-prefix <dir>", "This will install everything relative to <dir> (default $QT_INSTALL_PREFIX)\n"); + desc( "-prefix <dir>", "The deployment directory, as seen on the target device.\n" + "(default %CD%)\n"); - desc( "-extprefix <dir>", "When -sysroot is used, install everything to <dir>, rather than into SYSROOT/PREFIX.\n"); + desc( "-extprefix <dir>", "The installation directory, as seen on the host machine.\n" + "(default SYSROOT/PREFIX)\n"); - desc( "-hostprefix [dir]", "Tools and libraries needed when developing applications are installed in [dir]. " - "If [dir] is not given, the current build directory will be used. (default EXTPREFIX)\n"); + desc( "-hostprefix [dir]", "The installation directory for build tools running on the\n" + "host machine. If [dir] is not given, the current build\n" + "directory will be used. (default EXTPREFIX)\n"); desc("You may use these to separate different parts of the install:\n\n"); |