QMake trace issue

[Cobra91151]

Hello!

I want to add the trace command to my batch file to find out what causes the errors during Qt 5.15.6 compilation. From the docs: https://wiki.qt.io/Qt_Build_System_Glossary#qmake_trace_file

I have to use this command: -d -d -d >qmake.trace 2>&1
When I try it in my batch file:

%qtBuildSourcePath%\configure.bat -verbose -d -d -d >qmake.trace 2>&1 -debug -%qtBuildType% -static-runtime -confirm-license -mp -opensource -nomake examples -no-ltcg -sql-mysql -I "%qtBuildMySqlIncludePath%" -L "%qtBuildMySqlLibPath%" MYSQL_LIBS="-lmysqlclientMTd -lAdvapi32 -lUser32 -lCrypt32 -lGdi32" -ssl -openssl -openssl-linked -I "%qtBuildOpenSSLIncludePath%" -L "%qtBuildOpenSSLLibPath%" OPENSSL_LIBS="-llibcryptoMTd -llibsslMTd -lUser32 -lAdvapi32 -lGdi32 -lCrypt32 -lWs2_32" -prefix "%qtInstallationPath%"

It creates the trace file and breaks the Qt compilation process with the following error: ERROR: Unknown command line option '-d'.:

Short output:

+ cd qtbase
+ C:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.6\qtbase\configure.bat -top-level -verbose -d -d -d  -debug -static -static-runtime -confirm-license -mp -opensource -nomake examples -no-ltcg -sql-mysql -I "C:\MySQL\mysql-5.7.39-win32\debug\include" -L "C:\MySQL\mysql-5.7.39-win32\debug\lib" MYSQL_LIBS="-lmysqlclientMTd -lAdvapi32 -lUser32 -lCrypt32 -lGdi32" -ssl -openssl -openssl-linked -I "C:\OpenSSL\openssl-1.1.1q\static\x86\debug\include" -L "C:\OpenSSL\openssl-1.1.1q\static\x86\debug\lib" OPENSSL_LIBS="-llibcryptoMTd -llibsslMTd -lUser32 -lAdvapi32 -lGdi32 -lCrypt32 -lWs2_32" -prefix "C:\QtStatic\5.15.6\msvc2019"
Bootstrapping qmake ...

jom 1.1.3 - empower your cores

	cl -c -Fo./ -Fdqmake.pdb  -W2 -nologo -O2  /MP /wd4577   -IC:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.6\qtbase\qmake -IC:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.6\qtbase\qmake\library -IC:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.6\qtbase\qmake\generators -IC:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.6\qtbase\qmake\generators\unix -IC:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.6\qtbase\qmake\generators\win32 -IC:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.6\qtbase\qmake\generators\mac  -IC:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.6\qtbase/src/3rdparty/tinycbor/src  -IC:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.6\qtbase/include -IC:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.6\qtbase/include\QtCore -IC:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.6\qtbase/include\QtCore\5.15.6 -IC:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.6\qtbase/include\QtCore\5.15.6\QtCore  -I..\src\corelib\global  -IC:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.6\qtbase\mkspecs\win32-msvc   -D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS -D_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS  -DQT_VERSION_STR=\"5.15.6\" -DQT_VERSION_MAJOR=5 -DQT_VERSION_MINOR=15 -DQT_VERSION_PATCH=6  -DQT_BUILD_QMAKE -DQT_BOOTSTRAPPED -DPROEVALUATOR_FULL  -DQT_NO_FOREACH -DUNICODE -D_ENABLE_EXTENDED_ALIGNED_STORAGE -c -Yc -Fpqmake_pch.pch -TP C:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.6\qtbase\qmake\qmake_pch.h
qmake_pch.h
....
	link  /OUT:..\bin\qmake.exe project.obj main.obj ioutils.obj proitems.obj qmakevfs.obj  qmakeglobals.obj qmakeparser.obj qmakeevaluator.obj qmakebuiltins.obj  makefile.obj unixmake.obj unixmake2.obj mingw_make.obj  option.obj winmakefile.obj projectgenerator.obj property.obj meta.obj  makefiledeps.obj metamakefile.obj xmloutput.obj  msvc_nmake.obj msvc_vcproj.obj msvc_vcxproj.obj  msvc_objectmodel.obj msbuild_objectmodel.obj registry.obj qbitarray.obj  qbuffer.obj  qcryptographichash.obj  qfilesystementry.obj  qfilesystemengine.obj  qfilesystemengine_win.obj  qfilesystemiterator_win.obj  qfsfileengine.obj  qfsfileengine_iterator.obj  qarraydata.obj  qbytearray.obj  qbytearraylist.obj  qvsnprintf.obj  qbytearraymatcher.obj  qcalendar.obj  qdatetime.obj  qdir.obj  qdiriterator.obj  qfiledevice.obj  qfile.obj  qtemporaryfile.obj  qabstractfileengine.obj  qfsfileengine_win.obj  qsystemlibrary.obj  qfileinfo.obj  qendian.obj  qglobal.obj  qgregoriancalendar.obj  qhash.obj  qiodevice.obj  qringbuffer.obj  qdebug.obj  qlist.obj  qlocale.obj  qlocale_tools.obj  qlocale_win.obj  qversionnumber.obj  qmalloc.obj  qmap.obj  qoperatingsystemversion.obj  qoperatingsystemversion_win.obj  qregexp.obj  qromancalendar.obj  qutfcodec.obj  qstring.obj  qstringlist.obj  qstringbuilder.obj  qsystemerror.obj  qtextstream.obj  qdatastream.obj  quuid.obj  qrandom.obj  qsettings.obj  qvariant.obj  qsettings_win.obj  qmetatype.obj  qxmlstream.obj  qxmlutils.obj  qnumeric.obj  qlogging.obj  qcborstreamwriter.obj  qcborvalue.obj  qjsoncbor.obj  qjsondocument.obj  qjsonparser.obj  qjsonarray.obj  qjsonobject.obj  qjsonvalue.obj qlibraryinfo.obj qmake_pch.obj ole32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib netapi32.lib
Microsoft (R) Incremental Linker Version 14.29.30146.0
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

Info: creating super cache file C:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.6\qtBuild\.qmake.super
Info: creating cache file C:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.6\qtBuild\.qmake.cache
ERROR: Unknown command line option '-d'.

Any ideas what causes such issue? What trace command should be correct for qmake? Thank you.

[JonB]

@Cobra91151
I do not use this, but are you sure that error message is coming from qmake? You are passing -d -d -d to configure.bat, what makes you think that is how to pass on to qmake, aren't the rest of the options arguments to configure not to qmake?

[Cobra91151]

@JonB

Hello!

When compiling Qt 5.15.6, I got the following error:

Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Processing C:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.6\qtactiveqt\tools\testcon\testcon.idl
testcon.idl
Processing C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.22000.0\um\ocidl.idl
ocidl.idl
Processing C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.22000.0\um\oleidl.idl
oleidl.idl
Processing C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.22000.0\um\objidl.idl
objidl.idl
Processing C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.22000.0\um\unknwn.idl
unknwn.idl
Processing C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.22000.0\shared\wtypes.idl
wtypes.idl
Processing C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.22000.0\shared\wtypesbase.idl
wtypesbase.idl
Processing C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.22000.0\shared\basetsd.h
basetsd.h
Processing C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.22000.0\shared\guiddef.h
guiddef.h
Processing C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.22000.0\um\oaidl.idl
oaidl.idl
Processing C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.22000.0\um\servprov.idl
servprov.idl
Processing C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.22000.0\um\urlmon.idl
urlmon.idl
Processing C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.22000.0\um\msxml.idl
msxml.idl
Processing C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.22000.0\um\oaidl.acf
oaidl.acf
Processing C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.22000.0\um\ocidl.acf
ocidl.acf
        1 file(s) moved.
jom: C:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.6\qtdeclarative\src\qml\Makefile.Debug [.generated\debug\RegExpJitTables.h] Error 1
jom: C:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.6\qtdeclarative\src\qml\Makefile [debug] Error 2
jom: C:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.6\qtdeclarative\src\Makefile [sub-qml-make_first-ordered] Error 2
jom: C:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.6\qtdeclarative\Makefile [sub-src-make_first] Error 2
jom: C:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.6\Makefile [module-qtdeclarative-make_first] Error 2

So, how to get the trace ouput for this error?

[Cobra91151]

@JonB

The configure has an option called: -trace "yes".

-trace [backend] ..... Enable instrumentation with tracepoints.
                       Currently supported backends are 'etw' (Windows) and
                       'lttng' (Linux), or 'yes' for auto-detection. [no]

I have added it, but I got another issue:

Creating library ..\..\..\..\lib\libEGLd.lib and object ..\..\..\..\lib\libEGLd.exp
     copy /y ..\..\..\..\lib\libEGLd.dll ..\..\..\..\bin
     1 file(s) copied.
jom: C:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.6\qtBuild\qtbase\src\Makefile [sub-corelib-make_first] Error 2
jom: C:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.6\qtBuild\qtbase\Makefile [sub-src-make_first] Error 2
jom: C:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.6\qtBuild\Makefile [module-qtbase-make_first] Error 2

And no output is available or trace file exists.
I think the only way to detect this issue is to use: nmake instead of jom, but nmake will take a lot of time to compile.

[Christian Ehrlicher]

Call nmake to see the actual error (or jom -j1 which is basically the same).

[Cobra91151]

@Christian-Ehrlicher

Ok. I will try it. Thank you.

[Cobra91151]

@Christian-Ehrlicher

So, I have run: jom -j1, it leads to this issue:

C:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.6\qtbase\src\corelib\global\qlogging.cpp(1683): error C2589: '(': illegal token on right side of '::'
C:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.6\qtbase\src\corelib\global\qlogging.cpp(1683): error C2062: type 'unknown-type' unexpected
C:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.6\qtbase\src\corelib\global\qlogging.cpp(1683): error C2059: syntax error: ')'
jom: C:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.6\qtBuild\qtbase\src\corelib\Makefile.Debug [.obj\debug\qendian.obj] Error 2
jom: C:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.6\qtBuild\qtbase\src\corelib\Makefile [debug] Error 2
jom: C:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.6\qtBuild\qtbase\src\Makefile [sub-corelib-make_first] Error 2
jom: C:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.6\qtBuild\qtbase\Makefile [sub-src-make_first] Error 2
jom: C:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.6\qtBuild\Makefile [module-qtbase-make_first] Error 2

Source file:

qlogging.cpp(1683):

static void win_outputDebugString_helper(QStringView message)
{
    const int maxOutputStringLength = 32766;
    static QBasicMutex m;
    auto locker = qt_unique_lock(m);
    // fast path: Avoid string copies if one output is enough
    if (message.length() <= maxOutputStringLength) {
        OutputDebugString(reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(message.utf16()));
    } else {
        wchar_t *messagePart = new wchar_t[maxOutputStringLength + 1];
        for (int i = 0; i < message.length(); i += maxOutputStringLength ) {
            const int length = std::min(message.length() - i, maxOutputStringLength );
            const int len = message.mid(i, length).toWCharArray(messagePart);
            Q_ASSERT(len == length);
            messagePart[len] = 0;
            OutputDebugString(messagePart);
        }
        delete[] messagePart;
    }
}

So, for some reason this line (1683) leads to an error: const int length = std::min(message.length() - i, maxOutputStringLength );?
I use x86 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS 2019 to build Qt 5.15.6.
It seems some include is missing, so it could not find this std function. Any ideas why std::min could lead to this error? Thanks.

[Christian Ehrlicher]

@Cobra91151 said in QMake trace issue:

Any ideas why std::min could lead to this error? Thanks.

Yes because of stupid MSVC defines

try to add

#undef min
#undef max

after the #include statements.
But I wonder why NOMINMAX is not defined when you compile with msvc.

[Cobra91151]

@Christian-Ehrlicher

Your solution with undef:

#undef min
#undef max

will work 100%. I tested a simple project using VS 2019. Also, I tried to define the #define NOMINMAX in this test project and it does nothing. Additionally, I clicked go to definition for this define and it lead me to this:

Windows.h file:

#if defined(RC_INVOKED)
/* Turn off a bunch of stuff to ensure that RC files compile OK. */
#define NOATOM
#define NOGDI
#define NOGDICAPMASKS
#define NOMETAFILE
#define NOMINMAX
#define NOMSG
#define NOOPENFILE
#define NORASTEROPS
#define NOSCROLL
#define NOSOUND
#define NOSYSMETRICS
#define NOTEXTMETRIC
#define NOWH
#define NOCOMM
#define NOKANJI
#define NOCRYPT
#define NOMCX
#endif

So, it seems that #define NOMINMAX will not work until RC_INVOKED is defined. I will try again to build Qt 5.15.6. Thanks.

[Cobra91151]

@Christian-Ehrlicher

It's strange, I got a lot of errors:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.22000.0\shared\TraceLoggingProvider.h(3665): error C2338: The type is not supported by TraceLoggingValue. (compiling source file C:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.6\qtbase\src\gui\image\qimagereader.cpp)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.22000.0\shared\TraceLoggingProvider.h(3669): note: see reference to class template instantiation '_tlgTypeMapBase<QSize>' being compiled (compiling source file C:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.6\qtbase\src\gui\image\qimagereader.cpp)
C:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.6\qtBuild\qtbase\src\gui\.tracegen\debug\qtgui_tracepoints_p.h(168): note: see reference to class template instantiation '_tlgTypeMap<const QSize &>' being compiled (compiling source file C:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.6\qtbase\src\gui\image\qimagereader.cpp)
C:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.6\qtBuild\qtbase\src\gui\.tracegen\debug\qtgui_tracepoints_p.h(168): error C2039: '_tlgTypeType0': is not a member of '_tlgTypeMap<const QSize &>' (compiling source file C:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.6\qtbase\src\gui\image\qimagereader.cpp)
.........
C:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.6\qtBuild\qtbase\src\gui\.tracegen\debug\qtgui_tracepoints_p.h(435): error C2078: too many initializers (compiling source file C:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.6\qtbase\src\gui\image\qpixmap.cpp)
jom: C:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.6\qtBuild\qtbase\src\gui\Makefile.Debug [.obj\debug\qbitmap.obj] Error 2
jom: C:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.6\qtBuild\qtbase\src\gui\Makefile [debug] Error 2
jom: C:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.6\qtBuild\qtbase\src\Makefile [sub-gui-make_first] Error 2
jom: C:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.6\qtBuild\qtbase\Makefile [sub-src-make_first] Error 2
jom: C:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.6\qtBuild\Makefile [module-qtbase-make_first] Error 2

C:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.6\qtBuild>

Any suggestions? Thanks.

[Christian Ehrlicher]

What msvc version do you use? 2022? Not sure if 5.15.6 already has all patches for this compiler though.

[Cobra91151]

@Christian-Ehrlicher

No. I use VS 2019 compiler - x86 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS 2019. It uses Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.22000.0. Maybe the problem is with the latest kit?

Also, I have removed the -trace "yes" from configure command, I think it could lead to such errors.

[Cobra91151]

Ok. So, -trace "yes" command leads to this error. By removing this command, the compilation continues until I got the mismatch between the LLVM libs.
I have downloaded them from https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/releases/tag/llvmorg-14.0.6 for LLVM-14.0.6-win32.exe & LLVM-14.0.6-win64.exe binaries, installed them. Set LLVM_INSTALL_DIR to the Win32 libs, since I build Qt for x86 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS 2019.

By the way, this error: jom: C:\QtBuild\qt-everywhere-src-5.15.6\qtdeclarative\src\qml\Makefile.Debug [.generated\debug\RegExpJitTables.h] Error 1 occurs due to the space in the path to Python: C:\Program Files\Python. I have installed the Python without spaces in the path, for example: C:\Python to fix this error.

Trying again...

[Cobra91151]

Hello!

I have successfully built the Qt 5.15.6 for VS 2019 / 2022 for x86/x64 architecture (static/shared). The issue is resolved.