From 6c75857c20972f0d65fc7d556b9dcd81e21060db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Oswald Buddenhagen Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2017 13:30:54 +0100 Subject: configure: mention quoting requirements in the help text Change-Id: Id79548b8458dfa25fef17cb25688738bb719e7c5 Reviewed-by: Thiago Macieira --- config_help.txt | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) (limited to 'config_help.txt') diff --git a/config_help.txt b/config_help.txt index 6b1401c618..003752dbe7 100644 --- a/config_help.txt +++ b/config_help.txt @@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ ICU_PREFIX=/opt/icu42 ICU_LIBS="-licui18n -licuuc -licudata". It is also possible to manipulate any QMAKE_* variable, to amend the values from the mkspec for the build of Qt itself, e.g., QMAKE_CXXFLAGS+=-g3. +Note that the *_LIBS* and QMAKE_* assignments manipulate lists, so items +containing meta characters (spaces in particular) need to be quoted according +to qmake rules. On top of that, the assignments as a whole need to be quoted +according to shell rules. It is recommended to use single quotes for the inner +quoting and double quotes for the outer quoting. + Top-level installation directories: -prefix ...... The deployment directory, as seen on the target device. [/usr/local/Qt-$QT_VERSION, $PWD if -developer-build] -- cgit v1.2.3 From fd3423bfb82f44723fd59991ba56adc3ed112412 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Oswald Buddenhagen Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2017 21:00:38 +0100 Subject: configure: support discarding selected test results with -recheck especially during debugging, it is often necessary to re-run only one (or a few) tests, where -recheck-all would be wasteful. Task-number: QTBUG-64059 Change-Id: I9410894dec4289ff832d7f75e04f9b60fe76c57c Reviewed-by: Lars Knoll --- config_help.txt | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'config_help.txt') diff --git a/config_help.txt b/config_help.txt index 003752dbe7..9c424391a9 100644 --- a/config_help.txt +++ b/config_help.txt @@ -66,8 +66,10 @@ Configure meta: -redo ................ Re-configure with previously used options. Additional options may be passed, but will not be saved for later use by -redo. - -recheck ............. Discard cached negative configure test results. + -recheck [test,...] .. Discard cached negative configure test results. Use this after installing missing dependencies. + Alternatively, if tests are specified, only their + results are discarded. -recheck-all ......... Discard all cached configure test results. -feature- ... Enable -- cgit v1.2.3