Qt 4.7.3 build on Cygwin

[philippeb8]

The latest source code doesn't even compile on Cygwin. I get the following error:
...
/usr/src/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.7.3/src/corelib/global/qglobal.cpp: In static member function static QSysInfo::WinVersion QSysInfo::windowsVersion()': /usr/src/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.7.3/src/corelib/global/qglobal.cpp:1731: error: cannot convert OSVERSIONINFOW*' to _OSVERSIONINFOA*' for argument 1' to `BOOL GetVersionExA(_OSVERSIONINFOA*)'
make: *** [qglobal.o] Error 1

[philippeb8]

By changing the code from
OSVERSIONINFOW osver;
to
OSVERSIONINFO osver;

makes it work.

[philippeb8]

I figured that one out. Actually look at all of the fixes I had to do:
http://bugreports.qt.nokia.com/browse/QTBUG-20342?focusedCommentId=158621#comment-158621

Now I'm trying to disable script build with "./configure -no-script ..." because Collector.cpp can't compile but I have to reconfigure everything. Running configure deletes all the objects files!!! This means rebuilding everything will take another 96 minutes!!!

Nobody ever tried building Qt on Cygwin?? This is mediocre.

[philippeb8]

Features that would be great to add to the configure script are:

• The ability not to build the examples (like before)
• The ability to configure without deleting all object files
• The ability to build both static and dynamic versions at the same time

[philippeb8]

The latter I meant:

• The ability to build both static and dynamic versions of the final Qt library at the same time.

[lgeyer]

[quote author="philippeb8" date="1310566866"]- The ability not to build the examples (like before)[/quote]

Has the -nomake <package> (examples, demos, tests, etc.) parameter been removed recently?

[philippeb8]

So this is the option I was looking for. But I can't run configure again because it'll delete a whole day of compilation.

[lgeyer]

Just remove all the unwanted targets from the Makefile.

[philippeb8]

Thanks but it's too late; the build is complete after a day.

[lgeyer]

JFYI: You can interrupt the build process at any time you want, make will skip all the targets which have been built already and pick up the work where it stopped.

[philippeb8]

BTW I would suggest renaming the option:
-nomake example

To:
-no-example

Because this is the convention followed by other configure scripts.