Static Build Using Plugins Problem

babazaroni

Hello,

I'm trying to build against a static qt build but get the error:

main.obj:-1: error: LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "class QObject * __cdecl qt_plugin_instance_qjpeg(void)" (?qt_plugin_instance_qjpeg@@YAPAVQObject@@XZ) referenced in function "public: __thiscall StaticqjpegPluginInstance::StaticqjpegPluginInstance(void)" (??0StaticqjpegPluginInstance@@QAE@XZ)

My .pro file has:

@
CONFIG += static
static {
DEFINES += STATIC_BUILD
QTPLUGIN += qjpeg
}
@

My main has:

@
#ifdef STATIC_BUILD
#include <QtPlugin>
Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(qjpeg)
#endif
@

qjpeg4.lib in plugins/imageformats is being linked against because if I change the name, I get a link error.

Qt 4.8.0 was configured with: configure -static -shared -qt-libjpeg

I'm using QtCreator and msvc2008.

I see this problem mentioned a few times in the forum, but I've checked everything that I know of. Any Ideas?

[EDIT: code formatting, please wrap in @-tags, Volker]

babazaroni

I did a dumpbin /EXPORTS on qjpeg4.lib and the only symbols are:

_qt_plugin_instance
_qt_plugin_query_verification_data

So, I don't see how the linker will find qt_plugin_instance_qjpeg.

Any ideas?