Building a static library using Qt that statically links a 3rd party library
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...but even though I explicitly use the 3rd party library and have added it to the static library via LIBS += /3rd/party/library.lib - when I build the client application (a test application that uses my static library) all of the 3rd party symbols are failing to resolve unless I add "LIBS += /3rd/party/library.lib" to the client application.
This behavior happens in Qt Creator - but presumably is entirely qmake oriented.
This doesn't happen when I build my static library (that uses Qt) in Visual Studio - the client application only has to link to my static library and everything works well.
BTW, the same is true for the Qt libraries as well.
If I build my static library using Visual Studio, my client application doesn't have to link to any Qt libraries in order to build properly.
If I build my static library using Qt Creator, my client application has to be explicitly linked to Qt libraries (like Core and Network.)
Any suggestions?
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If I hand edit the Makefile produced by QMAKE, I see that the LIBFLAGS entry is empty, so if I manually add:
LIBFLAGS = my3rdparty.libQtCreator builds the library as I was hoping, and the client application links and runs and passes all unit tests.
I presume that QMAKE_LFLAGS is supposed to influence that entry, but it does nothing...
Help?
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Hi,
Can you show the content of your .pro file ?
What version of Qt are you using ?
