The application is perfectly distributable, but the static libraries are tied to the exact compiler binary and therefore not so suitable for sending to other people. So it’s all good :)
Simon On 29. Apr 2019, at 17:47, Mitch Curtis <[email protected]> wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Development <[email protected]> On Behalf Of >> Thiago Macieira >> Sent: Monday, 29 April 2019 5:18 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Development] Qt Static Package >> >>> On Monday, 29 April 2019 00:27:14 PDT Mitch Curtis wrote: >>> -static -release -ltcg -opensource -confirm-license -nomake tests >>> -nomake examples -silent >> >> -static -ltcg is most definitely not redistributable. That build is only >> usable in >> your exact machine, and only for so long as you don't perform a system >> update. > > That's a pity. It shaved off 8 mb (19%) of my executable's size. > > Can you explain why it's not redistributable? I thought the whole point of > link time code generation was for release builds? > >> -- >> Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com >> Software Architect - Intel System Software Products >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Development mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.qt-project.org/listinfo/development > _______________________________________________ > Development mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.qt-project.org/listinfo/development _______________________________________________ Development mailing list [email protected] https://lists.qt-project.org/listinfo/development
