qmake's 'shell_path' return an altered path on Windows 10

[Merlino]

Hello,

I'm facing a strange problem on my multi-platform project.
The project's qmake use "$$shell_path" to set some working paths.
It works fine on Linux, but on Windows return an altered path like this example:

QIFROOT = C:\Qt\Tools\QtInstallerFramework\4.1

$$shell_path($$QIFROOT) returns:
/C/Qt/Tools/QtInstallerFramework/4.1

This problems is present in every path set this way and I cannot build.

Can anybody help me?

[jsulm]

@Merlino said in qmake's 'shell_path' return an altered path on Windows 10:

/C/Qt/Tools/QtInstallerFramework/4.1

Looks like a path in CygWin - do you have it installed on your system?

[Merlino]

Hello, thanks for your answer :)

CygWin is installed but seems not used.

[Christian Ehrlicher]

@Merlino said in qmake's 'shell_path' return an altered path on Windows 10:

CygWin is installed but seems not used.

It's for sure in your PATH env var.

[Merlino]

@Christian-Ehrlicher I have checked the PATH variable, it's clean, no there isn't the path to cygwin :(

[SGaist]

Hi,

Are you getting this result from within Qt Creator ?

If so, check the environment variables there as well.

[Merlino]

@SGaist yes, is the result of the $$shell_path function inside the qmake.
These variables are defined somewhere by Qt, they aren't in the system variables.

[JonB]

@Merlino
@SGaist is asking you whether you run your qmake command (or whatever invokes it) from within Qt Creator or from e.g. a command-line quite outside of Creator?

[Merlino]

@JonB I run qmake within Qt Creator, and the environment is clean.

[Merlino]

Maybe I've found a solution:

https://forum.qt.io/topic/99591/5-9-7-problem-with-copying-a-dll-during-build-uses-linux-paths/4

[Christian Ehrlicher]

@Merlino said in qmake's 'shell_path' return an altered path on Windows 10:

Maybe I've found a solution:

That's what I wrote in my post above...

[Merlino]

@Christian-Ehrlicher yes thank you, now I know also what and why