QMAKE_EXTRA_TARGETS not geting executed

Lolo67

I am trying to use QMAKE_EXTRA_TARGETS - The following project file seems not to work. Not sure what I am doing wrong

TEMPLATE  = subdirs

SUBDIRS += 

mytarget.commands = echo \" ********************** Hello World\"
mytarget.depends =

QMAKE_EXTRA_TARGETS += mytarget

Same for this one:

TEMPLATE  = subdirs

SUBDIRS += 

mytarget.commands = echo test > test.txt
mytarget.depends =

QMAKE_EXTRA_TARGETS += mytarget

Lolo67

Mhmm... seems to be a Qt bug - see https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-63151

Does anyone see any kind of workaround to archive this functionnality?

aha_1980

Hi @Lolo67,

QTBUG-63151 seems to be in combination with Visual Studio - do you use Visual Studio?

I'd rather say your problem is that you try to use these commands in a TEMPLATE = subdirs project file. These files only take subdir projects, the build definitions are in these subdir .pro files.

If you want the same extra targets in all pro files, you can move them into a .pri file.