Yes, I feel the lack of love too! :) I'll open a bug to track it (and possibly fix it if I get time).
-mandeep On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 4:21 PM, Donald Carr <sirsp...@gmail.com> wrote: > Probably just an oversight; the configure script is supremely under > loved and makes several demented assumptions which go largely > unaddressed. > > Ideally everyone would scratch their own itch apropos the configure > script, so if you remove this assumption and upstream it, maybe one > day it will be a little less poxy. > > Cheerio, > Donald > > On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 4:11 PM, Mandeep Sandhu > <mandeepsandhu....@gmail.com> wrote: >> All, >> >> I'm building the latest from dev branch using the following options >> (on 64-bit Ubuntu 12.04): >> >> -opensource -confirm-license -developer-build -release -no-gui >> -no-widgets -no-cups -no-dbus -no-xcb >> >> However the build fails with the following message: >> >> The test for linking against libxcb and support libraries failed! >> You might need to install dependency packages, or pass -qt-xcb. >> >> As I understand libxcb provided C language bindings for the X >> protocol. However if GUI is disabled, why do we still need xcb? Is it >> because X also handles mouse/keyboard input? >> >> Also, it would be nice if the configure 'help' output would show which >> options are selected by default, eg is "-gui" or "-no-gui" the default >> option? >> >> Thanks, >> -mandeep >> _______________________________________________ >> Development mailing list >> Development@qt-project.org >> http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development > > > > -- > ------------------------------- > °v° Donald Carr > /(_)\ Vaguely Professional Penguin lover > ^ ^ > > Cave canem, te necet lingendo _______________________________________________ Development mailing list Development@qt-project.org http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development