how to build on cmd line specifying "build configuration" ?

[davecotter]

I have these custom-named "Build Configuations" specified in the GUI:

How do i choose which one is built when i invoke the compiler from the command line?

(please don't ask why it's set up this way, and don't say "you're doing it wrong". what i'd like to know is: can i choose which one to compile from the command line. a valid answer is "sorry that's not possible")

[JoeCFD]

The command is written out in the Makefile if you mean the command line to create the Makefile. Find where Makefile is located and open it to see the command. I believe you know how to run make

[davecotter]

@JoeCFD When i use the GUI, and say i select from the "configuration" menu kJams 2 Debug, then, when i go to the "Build" menu and choose Build Project "kJams_mac", i see this in the output:

Project MESSAGE: ------------------------------
Project MESSAGE: build_type: debug
Project MESSAGE: kJams 2 Debug 64bit

When i go to the command line and type this:

qmake kjams_mac.pro

I get this:

Project MESSAGE: ------------------------------
Project MESSAGE: build_type: release
Project MESSAGE: kjams_mac 64bit

which is precisely what i do not want. i'm asking of there's some command to do something like this:

qmake kjams_mac.pro -BUILD_CONFIGURATION="kJams 2 Debug"

??

[davecotter]

oooOOOOOooooh!!!! I see. I create the makefile in the GUI the normal way, then observe the command used to create it after it's been created. Good call, thanks for the answer!

BTW: the command line looks like this:

qmake -o Makefile ../kJams_mac.pro -spec macx-clang CONFIG+=debug CONFIG+=x86_64 CONFIG+=force_debug_info CONFIG+=separate_debug_info 'TARGET="kJams 2 Debug"' DEFINES+=kDEBUG DEFINES+=KJAMS_PRO DEFINES+=KJAMS_2

The reason it starts with "../" is i put it in a subdir of the .pro file so they don't all get tangled together.

[davecotter]

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