Well-tried build script failing with Qt 5.9 (qtbase/bin not populated, works with previous Qt versions)

mourl

I have a simple and well-tried script for building Qt 5.2-5.7 on Windows that's failing with Qt 5.9.

In a nutshell, it works like this:

cd $build_dir
$src/qt5/configure -mp -opensource -confirm-license -nomake tests -nomake examples -opengl desktop
nmake

For Qt 5.2-5.7, this produces a working build with a fully populated qtbase/bin folder:

assistant.exe
...
moc.exe
pixeltool.exe
...
qml.exe
...
Qt5Gui.dll
Qt5Guid.dll
...
Qt5Quick.dll
Qt5QuickControls2.dll
...
xmlpatternsvalidator.exe

For Qt 5.9, qtbase/bin is missing the content of the other modules. It only includes:

moc.exe
qdbuscpp2xml.exe
qdbusxml2cpp.exe
qfloat16-tables.exe
qlalr.exe
qmake.exe
qt.conf
Qt5Concurrent.dll
Qt5Concurrentd.dll
Qt5Core.dll
Qt5Cored.dll
Qt5DBus.dll
Qt5DBusd.dll
Qt5Gui.dll
Qt5Guid.dll
Qt5Network.dll
Qt5Networkd.dll
Qt5OpenGL.dll
Qt5OpenGLd.dll
Qt5PrintSupport.dll
Qt5PrintSupportd.dll
Qt5Sql.dll
Qt5Sqld.dll
Qt5Test.dll
Qt5Testd.dll
Qt5Widgets.dll
Qt5Widgetsd.dll
Qt5Xml.dll
Qt5Xmld.dll
rcc.exe
uic.exe

Consequently, when running qmake from this build it fails with errors similar to this one:

Project ERROR: Unknown module(s) in QT: quick

What am I doing wrong?

(Build details: git tag v5.9.1, Visual Studio 2017)

sierdzio

What happens if you chuck in a nmake install after building?

mourl

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mourl

nmake install creates the desired files in ${drive_letter_of_build_dir}/usr/local/Qt-5.9.1.

The doc explicitly states that "On Windows, Qt is configured as a non-prefix build by default.", and - as shown in my initial post - I didn't add a prefix.
So how do I achieve a regular build like with previous Qt versions? (I don't want the additional features of-developer-build , so that is out of the question.)

sierdzio

Looks like you've been hit by this change.

So how do I achieve a regular build like with previous Qt versions? (I don't want the additional features of-developer-build, so that is out of the question.)

Use prefix and set it to PWD. So, on Windows it will look sth like:
configure -prefix %cd%

Although I see you use unix conventions in your script, so maybe:
./configure -prefix $PWD

mourl

Big thanks for the explanation!
So the doc hasn't been updated to reflect the recent changes. I'll file a bug report.

sierdzio

@mourl said in Well-tried build script failing with Qt 5.9 (qtbase/bin not populated, works with previous Qt versions):

So the doc hasn't been updated to reflect the recent changes. I'll file a bug report.

That's possible. Thanks :)

mourl

https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-63017