Qmake ignoring/stripping the -framework keyword on OSX

[RogueWarrior]

I'm trying to build a Qwt project on OSX and for some reason qmake is stripping out the -framework keyword from any LIBS line in the .pro file.

For example, if I have
LIBS += -framework qwt

The make file LIBS line has qwt but the -framework is missing in front of it thus causing make not to be able to find qwt.

I've tried adding
QMAKE_LFLAGS += -F/Library/Frameworks/
before the LIBS += -framework qwt line but that doesn't help.

qmake seems insistent on stripping the -framework keyword. I've hacked around it by doing this:
QMAKE_LFLAGS += -F/Library/Frameworks/ -framework qwt

Any idea what's wrong?

[SGaist]

Hi,

You should only need to use

@QT += qwt@

If you've installed qwt using make install

[RogueWarrior]

I think that only works on Qt 5 and later. I'm on 4.8.5. Why? Because I have yet to successfully cross-compile 5.1 for ARM on OSX which works fine on 4.8.5. But I digress...

[SGaist]

No it doesn't, I'm using it with 4.8.5

you might need however to add something like this

@export QMAKEFEATURES=/usr/local/qwt-6.1.0-svn/features:$QMAKEFEATURES@

to your .profile or in QtCreator environment variables