On Wednesday 26. March 2014 08.21.20 Alan Ezust wrote: > The README in the qt distribution is confusing to me. I am not sure if it > is consistent with the ./configure --help. > > Does anyone understand what the difference is between a qt that is > configured like this: ./configure -developer-build versus a Qt that is > configured like this: configure -developer-build --prefix=$PWD/qtbase > > according to ./configure --help, it says this: > -prefix <dir> ...... This will install everything relative to <dir> > (default /usr/local/Qt-5.3.0, $PWD if > -developer-build is active) > > So what does it mean when you use both -prefix and -developer-build, as > some of the README examples show? Is the "make install" step necessary? > Will this affect how one builds the documentation (make docs and make > install_docs later on)? > > The reason I am asking is because I am having trouble building > documentation from Qt 5.3Alpha. > I never end up with qhelpcollection installed under qtbase/bin. > > Does -developer-build work with building documentation?
I'm not 100% sure, but I've seen many times similar failures when combining -developer-build and -prefix. I suggest to choose one or the other, not both. Do you know where in the docs it suggests that both can be used simultaneously? Simon _______________________________________________ Development mailing list [email protected] http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development
