define 'Shadow Build' directory in .pro file

RodrigoCanellas

Hi!

I would like to define the build directory, just like in Shadow Build, but in my common.pri file.

I read somewhere that defining OUT_PWD would do the trick, but it did not.

Does anyone know how to do it?

TIA!

SGaist

Hi,

It'd not something you define at the .pro file level. A shadow build is simply an out of source build.

RodrigoCanellas

Ok, I understand.

I need to place all the Makefile in a different directory, just like the Shadow Build does.

Is there anyway to do it?

jsulm

@RodrigoCanellas said in define 'Shadow Build' directory in .pro file:

Is there anyway to do it?

Yes, out of source build, just like @SGaist already wrote.

mkdir build_folder
cd build_folder
qmake ../project_folder
make

RodrigoCanellas

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RodrigoCanellas

I meant in the common.pri file

jsulm

@RodrigoCanellas Why would you define build folder inside project file? Especially if more than one person is working on a project that can lead to problems.

RodrigoCanellas

The idea is that this configuration can be commited to a version control (like git), and every developer can get it, regardless the QtCreator configuration, which stays, AFIK, in a file that can not be in a versioned directory. If a developer does not turn on Shadow Build and/or set Build Path correctly, can lead to build erros.

jsulm

@RodrigoCanellas I never saw a project storing path to build folder inside project configuration to be honest. A developer should be able to set build folder properly the way he/she wants it to be.

RodrigoCanellas

Ok, I accept defeat... and what about the variables used in Build & Run/Default build directory , like Kit:FileSystemName and BuildConfig:Name? Would you know where can I get a list of these variables? I think I can get a result closer to the one I wanted, by using them.

More precisely, I would like to define something like build/<platform>-<architecture>-<configuration>, producing build/win-x64-debug.

Thanks for your help!

jsulm

@RodrigoCanellas For qmake variables see: https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qmake-variable-reference.html
For QtCreator check this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35970727/use-of-variables-like-builddir-in-qtcreator-kit-settings-in-qt5

RodrigoCanellas

Thanks a lot!

I think I'll be able to do what I want through % variables, but it seems the A->B button does not show the entire list, and I could not find what possible values for <value> in, for example, Compile:Name:<value>.

I saw now the Debugger:Abi, which in my case evaluates in x86-darwin-generic-mach_o-64bit arm-darwin-generic-mach_o-64bit. I do not know why it reports the two CPU architectures supported by the compiler, even though the current Kit defines x86.

If there was a way to access the current ABI, may be through %Kit variable, and then to access each part of the ABI definition, that would do it.

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