Solved 5.12 shadow build not working

[Taytoo]

I am able to do static build in sources folder, however, shadow building is not working. I've followed directions as listed on Qt 5.12 wiki, also tried instructions from several blogs online - same error:

        C:\Qt\Tools\QtCreator\bin\jom.exe -f Makefile.Release
        cd 3rdparty\pcre2\ && ( if not exist Makefile C:\Qt\Static\5.12.0_crt\qtbase\bin\qmake.exe -o Makefile C:\Qt\Sta
tic\qt-everywhere-src-5.12.0\qtbase\src\3rdparty\pcre2\pcre2.pro ) && C:\Qt\Tools\QtCreator\bin\jom.exe -f Makefile
        C:\Qt\Tools\QtCreator\bin\jom.exe -f Makefile.Debug all
        C:\Qt\Tools\QtCreator\bin\jom.exe -f Makefile.Release all
        cd tools\moc\ && ( if not exist Makefile C:\Qt\Static\5.12.0_crt\qtbase\bin\qmake.exe -o Makefile C:\Qt\Static\q
t-everywhere-src-5.12.0\qtbase\src\tools\moc\moc.pro ) && C:\Qt\Tools\QtCreator\bin\jom.exe -f Makefile
Project ERROR: Unknown module(s) in QT: bootstrap-private
jom: C:\Qt\Static\5.12.0_crt\qtbase\src\Makefile [sub-moc-make_first] Error 3
        cd tools\rcc\ && ( if not exist Makefile C:\Qt\Static\5.12.0_crt\qtbase\bin\qmake.exe -o Makefile C:\Qt\Static\q
t-everywhere-src-5.12.0\qtbase\src\tools\rcc\rcc.pro ) && C:\Qt\Tools\QtCreator\bin\jom.exe -f Makefile
        cd tools\qfloat16-tables\ && ( if not exist Makefile C:\Qt\Static\5.12.0_crt\qtbase\bin\qmake.exe -o Makefile C:
\Qt\Static\qt-everywhere-src-5.12.0\qtbase\src\tools\qfloat16-tables\qfloat16-tables.pro ) && C:\Qt\Tools\QtCreator\bin\
jom.exe -f Makefile
Project ERROR: Unknown module(s) in QT: bootstrap-private
jom: C:\Qt\Static\5.12.0_crt\qtbase\src\Makefile [sub-rcc-make_first] Error 3
Project ERROR: Unknown module(s) in QT: bootstrap-private
jom: C:\Qt\Static\5.12.0_crt\qtbase\src\Makefile [sub-qfloat16-tables-make_first] Error 3
jom: C:\Qt\Static\5.12.0_crt\qtbase\Makefile [sub-src-make_first] Error 2
jom: C:\Qt\Static\5.12.0_crt\Makefile [module-qtbase-make_first] Error 2

Note: the only thing I'm doing differently then what's on the qt wiki is not running qmake because makefiles are already generated by configure and it says at the end of configure output to use nmake or jom.

MSVC 2017
Windows 7 (64-bit)
Qt 32-bit build

[Taytoo]

In case anyone runs into the same problem. The fix was prefix path, you have to append \qtbase to whatever path you choose for shadow build folder.

E.g. if you wanted shadow build in folder "c:\qt\static\5.12.1" then prefix would be "-prefix c:\qt\static\5.12.1\qtbase". The shadow build would still be in the "c:\qt\static\5.12.1" folder.

[SGaist]

Hi,

Did you also provide a prefix in the configure options ?

[Taytoo]

Yes. following is the exact command:

C:\Qt\Static\5.12.0_crt>..\qt-everywhere-src-5.12.0\configure -commercial -static -debug-and-release -prefix C:\Qt\Static\5.12.0_crt -platform win32-msvc2017 -qt-zlib -qt-pcre -qt-libpng -qt-libjpeg -qt-freetype -opengl desktop -sql-odbc -sql-sqlite -make libs -nomake tools -nomake examples -nomake tests -openssl-linked OPENSSL_LIBS="-llibssl -llibcrypto" -I c:\openssl\build32\include -L c:\openssl\build32\lib

If I run this same command (including prefix) from the qt-everywhere-src-5.12.0 (sources) folder, then build works perfectly fine.

[SGaist]

Qt 5.12.1 just got released. Could you check it the same thing still happens to you ?

[Taytoo]

@SGaist Same error.

Noticed that at the end of the config (only on 15.12.1) I'm getting a message about ensuring LLVM path is setup properly. Never seen anywhere else that I need LLVM to build sources on Windows using VS. Is LLVM needed now?

[SGaist]

Yes it is, since 5.11, see the QDoc Dependencies.

As for your problem, you should check the bug report system to see if there's already something there. You're not the only one to which it happens. If nothing is already available, please open a new report with the complete procedure you used to build Qt statically so it can be easily reproduced.

[mrjj fixed qdoc link]

[Taytoo]

In case anyone runs into the same problem. The fix was prefix path, you have to append \qtbase to whatever path you choose for shadow build folder.

E.g. if you wanted shadow build in folder "c:\qt\static\5.12.1" then prefix would be "-prefix c:\qt\static\5.12.1\qtbase". The shadow build would still be in the "c:\qt\static\5.12.1" folder.