qt-everywhere-src-5.11.1.zip missing configure.exe ?

[Niels Dekker]

Previous Qt source packages for Windows contained a configure.exe file (located in the qtbase directory), which we ran in order to build Qt. Now it appears that qt-everywhere-src-5.11.1.zip does not have this file anymore. Is the file missing, or was it intentionally left out of the source package?

Is it OK to use a configure.exe file from a previous version of Qt, for instance from Qt 5.7.1, to configure Qt 5.11.1?

[LeLev]

I just downloaded qt-everywhere-src-5.11.1.zip , there is configure.bat in qtbase directory

[Niels Dekker]

Thanks, @LeLev I replaced my configure.exe call by a configure.bat call, and it appear to work :-) It even seems to support the same command line options. Except for -qt-sql-odbc, which was accepted by Qt 5.7.1 configure.exe, but rejected by Qt 5.11.1, saying

ERROR: Invalid value given for boolean command line option 'sql-odbc'.

I guess -qt-sql-odbc is just obsolete now.

[SGaist]

Hi,

AFAIK, no, it's not. However the configuration system got a revamp between 5.7 and 5.11. You should check the SQL related option using the --help option of configure.

[Niels Dekker]

@SGaist Thanks! Indeed, it appears helpful to compare the output from Qt 5.7.1 configure.bat -help and Qt 5.11.1 configure.bat --help!

Qt 5.7.1 said:

 -no-sql-<driver> ... Disable SQL <driver> entirely, by default none are 
                     turned on.
-qt-sql-<driver> ... Enable a SQL <driver> in the Qt Library.
-plugin-sql-<driver> Enable SQL <driver> as a plugin to be linked to at run
                     time.
                     Available values for <driver>:
                       mysql
                       psql
                       oci
                       odbc
                       tds
                       db2
                      sqlite
                       sqlite2
                       ibase
                     (drivers marked with a '+' have been detected as available on this system)

-system-sqlite ..... Use sqlite from the operating system.

Whereas Qt 5.11.1 says:

Database options:

  -sql-<driver> ........ Enable SQL <driver> plugin. Supported drivers:
                         db2 ibase mysql oci odbc psql sqlite2 sqlite tds
                         [all auto]
  -sqlite .............. Select used sqlite3 [system/qt]

I guess that means that I don't need to explicitly switch on sql-odbc anymore, as it already appears enabled by default, with Qt 5.11.1. :-)