Qt5 + cmake = SLOW moc.exe
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I'am experiencing some abysmal compilation time when it comes to building a relatively small Qt5 app in windows.
The problem resembles alot the reported here issue : http://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/interest/2015-January/014812.html
In case one uses cmake+qt5 to build on windows and have additional projects (in my case VTK/ITK/Boost)
moc.exe will go first over all visible to cmake paths, some windows ones, then finally in C:/Qt to find its headers.
So for generating one cpp file from moc.exe I end up with a few million IO operations! ine can use procmon.exe to inspect moc.exe on windows.
Rebuilding from scratch takes ages compared to what takes <5min before switching to Qt :((((MOC cannot go in parallel (pre-processor!!!)
at that point I'm faced with a few options to explore, however I expect something of official HOW-TO on cmake+qt integration.
It might be a Qt5 or/and Cmake issue, hard to tell, since I'm not expert in either.
Can someone with more inside take a look please !?
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Hi,
How many includes do you have in your header files ? Are some of them module includes like e.g.
#include <QtWidgets>? -
I think I nailed it. It has to do with auto_moc(on) in cmake as well as the fact I do introduced big ass projects (ITk&VTK&BOOST) on board.
Also I tried linux with gnu-makefiles and moc runs fast. So it is also specific to VS.
Having one monolithic application (single cmake target) does not help either.
I did split the project in a few static libs and it seems better already, though a clean rebuild still takes forever :(So the only solutions I can think of:
Disable auto moc and do manual moc in cmake. People have reported some auto_moc problems before.
Switch to dev in Linux. Right now it takes equal time to build all my dependencies and the project to just building the project under win :DNote: Not a Qt issue. I posted here cause my initial feeling was it was occurring only in Qt5 (Qt4 is affected too however). So might escalate on cmake mailing lists.
