LIBS+= behaviour on Windows

[Benne Gesserit]

Ok ,maybe I misunderstood the documentation .
But ,then ,is it fine if in the makefile qmake puts -Lpath instead of -L"path" ? And can the path have spaces? Probably I will be testing that tomorrow ,but just to make it clear and in case anyone finds the same doubts .

[Benne Gesserit]

Ok ,I think I got my answers .I have just been working with libpaths with spaces and I think the conclusion is : when you want to add a libpath with a space ,you ve got to do it like : -L "path" .
Note the space between the 'L' and the first " .Otherwise ,I think qmake will have problems with the " (placing them somewhere else or just erasing them) or with the spaces in the path .
Hope this helps someone else and saves some time .Maybe I am the only fool who has to spend some time wondering how to do such a thing .

[wysota]

"-Lpath with spaces" (with -L inside the quotes) would have also worked, I think.

[Benne Gesserit]

Yes ,you are right .At least it seems to work .But....I dont like it .It s confusing ,you always see -L"path" ,then you see "-Lpath"....seems to be a mistake .Anyway ,it s good to know it can be used that way,
Thank you very much.

[wysota]

No, "-Lpath" is correct because quotes surround the whole argument and that's the meaning of quotes - to build a parameter containing spaces you surround it with quotes, not that you surround spaces with quotes or surround parts of the argument containing spaces with quotes.