Generating custom Makefiles in Qt

[Sebi1729]

I'm struggling with getting Qt (on win 10, x64, mingw 32-bit) to create a custom Makefile given the following CMakeLists.txt file:

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
project (Stockfish)


# Boost enviroment variable checking shamelessly taken from:
# https://stackoverflow.com/a/8081804/1079483
# Checks if environment variable BOOST_ROOT is set properly.
if(NOT BOOST_ROOT AND NOT $ENV{BOOST_ROOT} STREQUAL "")
    file(TO_CMAKE_PATH $ENV{BOOST_ROOT} BOOST_ROOT)
    if(NOT EXISTS ${BOOST_ROOT})
        message(STATUS  ${BOOST_ROOT} " does not exist. Checking if BOOST_ROOT was a quoted string..")
        string(REPLACE "\"" "" BOOST_ROOT ${BOOST_ROOT})
        if(EXISTS ${BOOST_ROOT})
            message(STATUS "After removing the quotes " ${BOOST_ROOT} " was now found by CMake")
        endif(EXISTS ${BOOST_ROOT})
    endif(NOT EXISTS ${BOOST_ROOT})

    # Save the BOOST_ROOT in the cache
    if(NOT EXISTS ${BOOST_ROOT})
        message(WARNING ${BOOST_ROOT} " does not exist.")
    else(NOT EXISTS ${BOOST_ROOT})
        set(BOOST_ROOT ${BOOST_ROOT} CACHE STRING "Set the value of BOOST_ROOT to point to the root folder of your boost install." FORCE)
        #SET (BOOST_INCLUDEDIR ${BOOST_ROOT}/Include)
        #SET (BOOST_LIBRARYDIR ${BOOST_ROOT}/lib)
    endif(NOT EXISTS ${BOOST_ROOT})
endif(NOT BOOST_ROOT AND NOT $ENV{BOOST_ROOT} STREQUAL "")

if((WIN32 OR WIN64) AND NOT BOOST_ROOT)
    MESSAGE( WARNING "Please set the BOOST_ROOT environment variable." )
endif((WIN32 OR WIN64) AND NOT BOOST_ROOT)

#set(Boost_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS "1.47" "1.47.0")
set(Boost_DEBUG ON)
set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS       OFF)
set(Boost_USE_MULTITHREADED      ON)
set(Boost_USE_STATIC_RUNTIME    OFF)
find_package(Boost 1.65.1 COMPONENTS ${BOOST_COMPONENTS_NEEDED})
if(Boost_FOUND)
    message( STATUS "Setting up boost." )
    include_directories(${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
    if(Boost_DEBUG)
        message( STATUS "BOOST Libraries " ${Boost_LIBRARIES} )
        foreach(BOOST_COMPONENT ${BOOST_COMPONENTS_NEEDED})
            string( TOUPPER ${BOOST_COMPONENT} BOOST_COMPONENT_UPCASE )
            message( STATUS "Boost " ${BOOST_COMPONENT} ": " ${Boost_${BOOST_COMPONENT_UPCASE}_LIBRARY} )
            message( STATUS "Boost " ${BOOST_COMPONENT} " Debug: " ${Boost_${BOOST_COMPONENT_UPCASE}_LIBRARY_DEBUG} )
            message( STATUS "Boost " ${BOOST_COMPONENT} " Release: " ${Boost_${BOOST_COMPONENT_UPCASE}_LIBRARY_RELEASE} )
        ENDFOREACH(BOOST_COMPONENT)
    endif(Boost_DEBUG)
endif(Boost_FOUND)

find_package(Boost 1.65.1 COMPONENTS filesystem regex thread date_time)
if(Boost_FOUND)
  include_directories(${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
endif()

# Building Boost requires that mingw's bin/ is in Path
# Custom build sample:
# >> bootstrap.bat gcc
# >> .\b2 --preffix="D:\Path\To\Install\Dir"
# >> .\b2 --build-dir="D:\Path\To\Build\Dir" --preffix="D:\Path\To\Install\Dir" toolset=gcc install
set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS OFF)
set(Boost_USE_MULTITHREADED ON)
set(Boost_USE_STATIC_RUNTIME OFF)
set(BOOST_ROOT D:/Libraries/boost_1_65_1/boost_1_65_1)
set(BOOST_INCLUDEDIR D:/Libraries/boost_1_65_1/boost_1_65_1)

include_directories(D:/Libraries/boost_1_65_1/boost_1_65_1)

message(STATUS "[INFO] CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR      : ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}")
message(STATUS "[INFO] BOOST_ROOT                : ${BOOST_ROOT}")
message(STATUS "[INFO] BOOST_INCLUDEDIR       : ${BOOST_INCLUDEDIR}")
message(STATUS "[INFO] CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH   : ${CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH}")
message(STATUS "[INFO] CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH   : ${CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH}")
message(STATUS "[INFO] CMAKE_VERSION            : ${CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION}.${CMAKE_MINOR_VERSION}")
message(STATUS "[INFO] Current working directory: ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}")

add_executable(stockfish benchmark.cpp bitbase.cpp bitboard.cpp endgame.cpp evaluate.cpp
main.cpp material.cpp misc.cpp movegen.cpp movepick.cpp pawns.cpp position.cpp psqt.cpp
search.cpp thread.cpp timeman.cpp tt.cpp uci.cpp ucioption.cpp syzygy/tbprobe.cpp)
# Glob header files as a separate resource
file(GLOB_RECURSE LibFiles "*.hpp" "*.h")
add_custom_target(headers SOURCES ${LibFiles})
set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-std=c++0x")
set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY /src)
mark_as_advanced(MULTITHREADED_BUILD)
set(MULTITHREADED_BUILD 4 CACHE STRING "Number of threads used during build")
message(STATUS ${CMAKE_BUILD_TOOL})

if(MULTITHREADED_BUILD)
    message(STATUS "[INFO] Added arguments to CMAKE_BUILD_TOOL: ${CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM}")
    set(CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM "${CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM} -j${MULTITHREADED_BUILD}")
endif()

target_link_libraries(stockfish Boost::filesystem Boost::regex)

After Right clicking on the project --> Run cmake Qt gives:

Running "D:\InstallDir\CMake\bin\cmake.exe -E server "--pipe=\\.\pipe\{15f7a6b4-49a7-48a6-8c29-7da36b30ee52}" --experimental" in D:\Projects\Chess\stockfish-8-src\stockfish-8-src\build-src-Desktop_Qt_5_9_2_MinGW_32bit-Debug.
Starting to parse CMake project for Qt Creator.
CMake Warning at CMakeLists.txt:29 (MESSAGE):
  Please set the BOOST_ROOT environment variable.


[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1078 ] _boost_TEST_VERSIONS = 1.65.1;1.65
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1080 ] Boost_USE_MULTITHREADED = ON
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1082 ] Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS = OFF
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1084 ] Boost_USE_STATIC_RUNTIME = OFF
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1086 ] Boost_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS = 
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1088 ] Boost_NO_SYSTEM_PATHS = 
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1156 ] Declared as CMake or Environmental Variables:
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1158 ]   BOOST_ROOT = 
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1160 ]   BOOST_INCLUDEDIR = 
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1162 ]   BOOST_LIBRARYDIR = 
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1164 ] _boost_TEST_VERSIONS = 1.65.1;1.65
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1263 ] location of version.hpp: C:/Boost/include/boost-1_65_1/boost/version.hpp
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1287 ] version.hpp reveals boost 1.65.1
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1373 ] guessed _boost_COMPILER = -mgw53
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1383 ] _boost_MULTITHREADED = -mt
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1427 ] _boost_RELEASE_ABI_TAG = -
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1429 ] _boost_DEBUG_ABI_TAG = -d
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1491 ] _boost_LIBRARY_SEARCH_DIRS_RELEASE = C:/Boost/lib;NO_DEFAULT_PATH;NO_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_boost_LIBRARY_SEARCH_DIRS_DEBUG   = C:/Boost/lib;NO_DEFAULT_PATH;NO_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1767 ] Boost_FOUND = 1
Boost version: 1.65.1
Setting up boost.
BOOST Libraries 
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1078 ] _boost_TEST_VERSIONS = 1.65.1;1.65
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1080 ] Boost_USE_MULTITHREADED = ON
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1082 ] Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS = OFF
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1084 ] Boost_USE_STATIC_RUNTIME = OFF
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1086 ] Boost_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS = 
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1088 ] Boost_NO_SYSTEM_PATHS = 
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1156 ] Declared as CMake or Environmental Variables:
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1158 ]   BOOST_ROOT = 
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1160 ]   BOOST_INCLUDEDIR = 
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1162 ]   BOOST_LIBRARYDIR = 
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1164 ] _boost_TEST_VERSIONS = 1.65.1;1.65
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1263 ] location of version.hpp: C:/Boost/include/boost-1_65_1/boost/version.hpp
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1287 ] version.hpp reveals boost 1.65.1
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1373 ] guessed _boost_COMPILER = -mgw53
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1383 ] _boost_MULTITHREADED = -mt
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1427 ] _boost_RELEASE_ABI_TAG = -
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1429 ] _boost_DEBUG_ABI_TAG = -d
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1491 ] _boost_LIBRARY_SEARCH_DIRS_RELEASE = C:/Boost/lib;NO_DEFAULT_PATH;NO_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_boost_LIBRARY_SEARCH_DIRS_DEBUG   = C:/Boost/lib;NO_DEFAULT_PATH;NO_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1641 ] Searching for FILESYSTEM_LIBRARY_RELEASE: boost_filesystem-mgw53-mt-1_65_1;boost_filesystem-mgw53-mt;boost_filesystem-mt-1_65_1;boost_filesystem-mt;boost_filesystem
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:380 ]  Boost_LIBRARY_DIR_RELEASE = C:/Boost/lib _boost_LIBRARY_SEARCH_DIRS_RELEASE = C:/Boost/lib;NO_DEFAULT_PATH;NO_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1692 ] Searching for FILESYSTEM_LIBRARY_DEBUG: boost_filesystem-mgw53-mt-d-1_65_1;boost_filesystem-mgw53-mt-d;boost_filesystem-mt-d-1_65_1;boost_filesystem-mt-d;boost_filesystem-mt;boost_filesystem
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:380 ]  Boost_LIBRARY_DIR_DEBUG = C:/Boost/lib _boost_LIBRARY_SEARCH_DIRS_DEBUG = C:/Boost/lib;NO_DEFAULT_PATH;NO_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1641 ] Searching for REGEX_LIBRARY_RELEASE: boost_regex-mgw53-mt-1_65_1;boost_regex-mgw53-mt;boost_regex-mt-1_65_1;boost_regex-mt;boost_regex
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:380 ]  Boost_LIBRARY_DIR_RELEASE = C:/Boost/lib _boost_LIBRARY_SEARCH_DIRS_RELEASE = C:/Boost/lib;NO_DEFAULT_PATH;NO_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1692 ] Searching for REGEX_LIBRARY_DEBUG: boost_regex-mgw53-mt-d-1_65_1;boost_regex-mgw53-mt-d;boost_regex-mt-d-1_65_1;boost_regex-mt-d;boost_regex-mt;boost_regex
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:380 ]  Boost_LIBRARY_DIR_DEBUG = C:/Boost/lib _boost_LIBRARY_SEARCH_DIRS_DEBUG = C:/Boost/lib;NO_DEFAULT_PATH;NO_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1641 ] Searching for THREAD_LIBRARY_RELEASE: boost_thread-mgw53-mt-1_65_1;boost_thread-mgw53-mt;boost_thread-mt-1_65_1;boost_thread-mt;boost_thread
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:380 ]  Boost_LIBRARY_DIR_RELEASE = C:/Boost/lib _boost_LIBRARY_SEARCH_DIRS_RELEASE = C:/Boost/lib;NO_DEFAULT_PATH;NO_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1692 ] Searching for THREAD_LIBRARY_DEBUG: boost_thread-mgw53-mt-d-1_65_1;boost_thread-mgw53-mt-d;boost_thread-mt-d-1_65_1;boost_thread-mt-d;boost_thread-mt;boost_thread
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:380 ]  Boost_LIBRARY_DIR_DEBUG = C:/Boost/lib _boost_LIBRARY_SEARCH_DIRS_DEBUG = C:/Boost/lib;NO_DEFAULT_PATH;NO_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1641 ] Searching for DATE_TIME_LIBRARY_RELEASE: boost_date_time-mgw53-mt-1_65_1;boost_date_time-mgw53-mt;boost_date_time-mt-1_65_1;boost_date_time-mt;boost_date_time
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:380 ]  Boost_LIBRARY_DIR_RELEASE = C:/Boost/lib _boost_LIBRARY_SEARCH_DIRS_RELEASE = C:/Boost/lib;NO_DEFAULT_PATH;NO_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1692 ] Searching for DATE_TIME_LIBRARY_DEBUG: boost_date_time-mgw53-mt-d-1_65_1;boost_date_time-mgw53-mt-d;boost_date_time-mt-d-1_65_1;boost_date_time-mt-d;boost_date_time-mt;boost_date_time
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:380 ]  Boost_LIBRARY_DIR_DEBUG = C:/Boost/lib _boost_LIBRARY_SEARCH_DIRS_DEBUG = C:/Boost/lib;NO_DEFAULT_PATH;NO_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1641 ] Searching for SYSTEM_LIBRARY_RELEASE: boost_system-mgw53-mt-1_65_1;boost_system-mgw53-mt;boost_system-mt-1_65_1;boost_system-mt;boost_system
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:380 ]  Boost_LIBRARY_DIR_RELEASE = C:/Boost/lib _boost_LIBRARY_SEARCH_DIRS_RELEASE = C:/Boost/lib;NO_DEFAULT_PATH;NO_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1692 ] Searching for SYSTEM_LIBRARY_DEBUG: boost_system-mgw53-mt-d-1_65_1;boost_system-mgw53-mt-d;boost_system-mt-d-1_65_1;boost_system-mt-d;boost_system-mt;boost_system
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:380 ]  Boost_LIBRARY_DIR_DEBUG = C:/Boost/lib _boost_LIBRARY_SEARCH_DIRS_DEBUG = C:/Boost/lib;NO_DEFAULT_PATH;NO_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1641 ] Searching for CHRONO_LIBRARY_RELEASE: boost_chrono-mgw53-mt-1_65_1;boost_chrono-mgw53-mt;boost_chrono-mt-1_65_1;boost_chrono-mt;boost_chrono
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:380 ]  Boost_LIBRARY_DIR_RELEASE = C:/Boost/lib _boost_LIBRARY_SEARCH_DIRS_RELEASE = C:/Boost/lib;NO_DEFAULT_PATH;NO_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1692 ] Searching for CHRONO_LIBRARY_DEBUG: boost_chrono-mgw53-mt-d-1_65_1;boost_chrono-mgw53-mt-d;boost_chrono-mt-d-1_65_1;boost_chrono-mt-d;boost_chrono-mt;boost_chrono
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:380 ]  Boost_LIBRARY_DIR_DEBUG = C:/Boost/lib _boost_LIBRARY_SEARCH_DIRS_DEBUG = C:/Boost/lib;NO_DEFAULT_PATH;NO_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1641 ] Searching for ATOMIC_LIBRARY_RELEASE: boost_atomic-mgw53-mt-1_65_1;boost_atomic-mgw53-mt;boost_atomic-mt-1_65_1;boost_atomic-mt;boost_atomic
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:380 ]  Boost_LIBRARY_DIR_RELEASE = C:/Boost/lib _boost_LIBRARY_SEARCH_DIRS_RELEASE = C:/Boost/lib;NO_DEFAULT_PATH;NO_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1692 ] Searching for ATOMIC_LIBRARY_DEBUG: boost_atomic-mgw53-mt-d-1_65_1;boost_atomic-mgw53-mt-d;boost_atomic-mt-d-1_65_1;boost_atomic-mt-d;boost_atomic-mt;boost_atomic
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:380 ]  Boost_LIBRARY_DIR_DEBUG = C:/Boost/lib _boost_LIBRARY_SEARCH_DIRS_DEBUG = C:/Boost/lib;NO_DEFAULT_PATH;NO_CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH
[ D:/InstallDir/CMake/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1767 ] Boost_FOUND = 1
Boost version: 1.65.1
Found the following Boost libraries:
  filesystem
  regex
  thread
  date_time
  system
  chrono
  atomic
[INFO] CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR      : D:/Projects/Chess/stockfish-8-src/stockfish-8-src/src
[INFO] BOOST_ROOT                : D:/Libraries/boost_1_65_1/boost_1_65_1
[INFO] BOOST_INCLUDEDIR       : D:/Libraries/boost_1_65_1/boost_1_65_1
[INFO] CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH   : 
[INFO] CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH   : 
[INFO] CMAKE_VERSION            : 3.10
[INFO] Current working directory: D:/Projects/Chess/stockfish-8-src/stockfish-8-src/src
D:/InstallDir/Qt/Tools/mingw530_32/bin/mingw32-make.exe
[INFO] Added arguments to CMAKE_BUILD_TOOL: D:/InstallDir/Qt/Tools/mingw530_32/bin/mingw32-make.exe
Configuring done
Generating done
CMake Project was parsed successfully.

which would be great if I could find the Makefile and build the project with it. Where is it stored? Does Qt make use of the CMakeLists.txt file?

Going to the project's build settings I see that Qt calls cmake like:

Build: cmake.exe --build . --target all

How can I tell Qt to use the CMakeLists.txt file when building my project?

[SGaist]

Hi,

Why don't you build also in Qt Creator ?

If you want to do it from the command line, go to the shadow build folder of your project.

[Sebi1729]

@SGaist said in Generating custom Makefiles in Qt:

If you want to do it from the command line, go to the shadow build folder of your project.

The build from Qt generates the following set of errors:

In file included from D:\Projects\Chess\stockfish-8-src\stockfish-8-src\src\main.cpp:31:0:
D:\Projects\Chess\stockfish-8-src\stockfish-8-src\src\util.h: In static member function 'static void Util::init(std::__cxx11::string)':
D:\Projects\Chess\stockfish-8-src\stockfish-8-src\src\util.h:17:9: error: 'logging' has not been declared
         logging::add_file_log(logFileName);
         ^
D:\Projects\Chess\stockfish-8-src\stockfish-8-src\src\util.h:18:9: error: 'logging' has not been declared
         logging::core::get()->set_filter
         ^
D:\Projects\Chess\stockfish-8-src\stockfish-8-src\src\util.h:20:13: error: 'logging' has not been declared
             logging::trivial::severity >= logging::trivial::info
             ^
D:\Projects\Chess\stockfish-8-src\stockfish-8-src\src\util.h:20:43: error: 'logging' has not been declared
             logging::trivial::severity >= logging::trivial::info
                                           ^
CMakeFiles\stockfish.dir\build.make:187: recipe for target 'CMakeFiles/stockfish.dir/main.cpp.obj' failed
mingw32-make.exe[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/stockfish.dir/main.cpp.obj] Error 1
CMakeFiles\Makefile2:66: recipe for target 'CMakeFiles/stockfish.dir/all' failed
mingw32-make.exe[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/stockfish.dir/all] Error 2
Makefile:82: recipe for target 'all' failed
mingw32-make.exe: *** [all] Error 2
22:03:32: The process "D:\InstallDir\CMake\bin\cmake.exe" exited with code 2.
Error while building/deploying project Stockfish (kit: Desktop Qt 5.9.2 MinGW 32bit)
When executing step "CMake Build"
22:03:32: Elapsed time: 00:13.

I have a file that uses boost and Qt's syntax highlighter shows that the boost header files cannot be found.

Qt didn't create a shadow build folder (I created the project from existing sources).

[SGaist]

Where did you get the sources and where is logging coming from ?

[Sebi1729]

@SGaist

The sources are from github. The logging info is from Qt. I did manage to build and run stockfish (maybe because it's pure C++?) but otherwise I couldn't add any external includes/libraries (such as boost). Qt can't seem to generate a Makefile from the CMakeLists.txt file. When building this rule is, apparently, always used:

Build: cmake.exe --build . --target all

[jsulm]

@Sebi1729 said in Generating custom Makefiles in Qt:

The logging info is from Qt

It isn't:

D:\Projects\Chess\stockfish-8-src\stockfish-8-src\src\util.h:17:9: error: 'logging' has not been declared
         logging::add_file_log(logFileName);

How is this output related to Qt?

[Sebi1729]

@jsulm

You mean the actual code? It's the logger from boost:

#include <boost/log/core.hpp>
#include <boost/log/trivial.hpp>
#include <boost/log/expressions.hpp>
#include <boost/log/utility/setup/file.hpp>

How is this output related to Qt?

This is what I get when building (from Qt) using the above build configuration.

[SGaist]

Nothing Qt related here, it's CMake that you should take a look at.

As the error message suggest the framework is not found, you have to pass it more information in order to find it.