Refreshing the build directory

pisabos

I have updated from MacOS 10.14 to MacOS 10.15 and I use Qt 5.14.1. Typing "make clean" produces the message
"The platform SDK has been changed from version 10.14.6 to version 10.15.4.This requires a fresh build. Please wipe the build directory completely, including any .qmake.stash and .qmake.cache files generated by qmake."
Where can I find this build directory?

SGaist

Hi and welcome to devnet,

You can see it in the configuration of your project.
You can also see it in the build log.
It's also usually in the folder beside the one containing your sources.

pisabos

Thank you for your quick answer. My Qt library is called from the /usr/local/Cellar/qt/5.14.1 directory. I dont find a "build log" in this directory nor I find it beside my C++ source files

SGaist

Not your Qt version, your project.

pisabos

Precisely, I use Qt for compilation of texstudio project. All the C++ and others files are into a folder of MacOS. The problem is that I have on my iMac no build folder corresponding to this compilation

SGaist

How are you triggering the compilation ?
Where is your app generated ?

pisabos

I log my console application on my iMac. I set
cd /texstudio
and I type the following lines
/usr/local/Cellar/qt/5.14.1/bin/qmake NO_POPPLER_PREVIEW=true texstudio.pro
make clean
make -j 4

In the good case the texstudio.app is generated into the folder /texstudio. Then I move this application in the Application folder of MacOS

SGaist

Then please start using out of source builds.
Call "make distclean" and then check for files like .qmake.cache. Remove them all.

If you are using git then you can do "git clean -ddfx"

pisabos

I send you the log of "make distclean"

make distclean
make: *** No rule to make target `texstudio'. Stop.
The platform SDK has been changed from version 10.14.6 to version 10.15.4.
This requires a fresh build. Please wipe the build directory completely,
including any .qmake.stash and .qmake.cache files generated by qmake.
/usr/local/Cellar/qt/5.14.1/mkspecs/features/mac/sdk.mk:22: *** ^. Stop.

SGaist

Are you sources version controlled ?
If not, did you manually remove the files suggested both in the error and me ?

pisabos

The problem occurs because nowhere I can find the .qmake.stash and .qmake.stash files. The Unix command "find" triggered at the consol application does not find these files

pisabos

@pisabos Hi SGaist, my problem is solved simply in updating the software texstudio. I thank you for your help

SGaist

Nice it is fixed however I still recommend moving to out of source builds.

In any case, please mark the thread as solved so that other forum users may know a solution has been found.