configure fails if .svn folders exist

**rrabien** · 27th February 2011, 23:11

I'm building Qt on Win7 with MSVC2008. To keep track of my changes, I'm putting Qt into my subversion repository.

However, if .svn folders exist in /mkspecs/default and /mkspecs-win32-msvc2008 then configure fails to run with the error 'Couldn't update default mkspec'

If I move the .svn folders, configure, then replace them, I can then build.

Is this a know issue? Is there any easier work around?

**stampede** · 27th February 2011, 23:17

To keep track of my changes, I'm putting Qt into my subversion repository

What kind of changes ? Are you working on Qt code, modifying it ?

**rrabien** · 27th February 2011, 23:23

I'm applying the changes found here http://osdir.com/ml/kde-multimedia/2.../msg00050.html so I can change the video playback rate using Phonon.

**stampede** · 28th February 2011, 08:47

if .svn folders exist in /mkspecs/default and /mkspecs-win32-msvc2008 then configure fails

Simple solution - do not add those folders to repository. You are changing only the source code anyway ( are you modifying qplatformdefs.h ? ).

**rrabien** · 28th February 2011, 15:25

Ok, that brings up a better question. What should be added to the repository and what is created by the configure/build process? What is the minimum I can add that another developer can checkout and build?

**stampede** · 28th February 2011, 16:16

I've just made some tests, looks like "mkspecs/default" is generated during configure process, so you don't have to add it.
For the .svn folders, I could not reproduce the "configure" error, it seems like configure.exe is ignoring them (using WinXP).
Does this error also exists when you specify target platform for configure.exe (-platform win32-<compiler> switch, see README for full list ) ?