qmake install appears to ignore variables?

[Jason_C]

I have a makefile containing:

build: directories
	qmake -o build/Makefile project.pro
	make -C build -j8

builddbg: directories
	qmake -o build/Makefile project.pro debug=1 
	make -C build -j8

install: build
	make -C build install

and in project.pro I have the following conditional test:

defined(debug, var) {
    warning ("***** debug build *****")

    # WITH-SYMBOLS
    QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += -Wall -ggdb
    QMAKE_CFLAGS += -Wall -Werror -ggdb 
    QMAKE_LFLAGS += -Wl,-Map=project.map
    CONFIG+=debug

} else {
    warning (release build)

    # NO-SYMBOLS
    QMAKE_CFLAGS += -Wall -Werror 
}

make build followed by sudo make install works as expected.

make builddbg produces the build containing the symbols, however submitting sudo make install the release build is produced and installed. The makefile in the build directory does indicate the variable in the header:

#############################################################################
# Makefile for building: .......
# Generated by qmake (3.1) (Qt 5.10.1)
# Project:  ../project.pro
# Template: lib
# Command: /usr/lib/qt5/bin/qmake -o Makefile ../project.pro debug=1
#############################################################################

Is there something I am missing, or is there a better way of switching between installing a project with symbols and installing without?

[SGaist]

Hi,

You install target depends on your build target, hence it's going to build "build" and then install whatever is in the build folder.