From 869459f3c83eeeb404105ea656e1220c3de489e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kavindra Palaraja Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 14:31:19 +0200 Subject: doc: Document the effect of *.qmake.cache properly Added a sentence to explain how a .qmake.cache file influences the project root. Task-number: QTBUG-21411 Change-Id: I97766edd96851f1c988ab07f842fb81a339e4ecd Reviewed-by: Joerg Bornemann --- qmake/doc/src/qmake-manual.qdoc | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'qmake') diff --git a/qmake/doc/src/qmake-manual.qdoc b/qmake/doc/src/qmake-manual.qdoc index ffd68adb7b..3119a440d4 100644 --- a/qmake/doc/src/qmake-manual.qdoc +++ b/qmake/doc/src/qmake-manual.qdoc @@ -4567,7 +4567,10 @@ \c QMAKEFEATURES environment variable) \li \c $$QMAKEFEATURES/myfeatures.prf (for each directory listed in the \c QMAKEFEATURES property variable) - \li \c myfeatures.prf (in the project's root directory) + \li \c myfeatures.prf (in the project's root directory). The project root + is determined by the top-level \c{.pro} file. However, if you place the + \c{.qmake.cache} file in a sub-directory or the directory of a + sub-project, then the project root becomes the sub-directory itself. \li \c $QMAKEPATH/mkspecs/features/unix/myfeatures.prf and \c $QMAKEPATH/mkspecs/features/myfeatures.prf (for each directory listed in the \c QMAKEPATH environment variable) -- cgit v1.2.3