Windows XP Qt 4.3.2 Static build

[maxpower]

I am trying to build qt 4.3.2 in static mode. However, after I do so and run qmake on one of the example programs, the make process aborts because it cannot find -lqtcore4. I am certain that qtcore4 is only for shared programs. If I manually remove qtcore4 from the Makefile the program builds fine. Where is qmake getting the idea to use qtcore4? I have tried the various options to configure:

-static -fast
-static -fast -qt-sql-sqlite
-static -fast -qt-sql-lite -qt-sql-mysql -I c:\mysql\include -L c:\mysql\lib\opt -L c:\mysql\lib\debug -l mysql
-static -fast -qt-sql-lite -plugin-sql-mysql -I c:\mysql\include -L c:\mysql\lib\opt -L c:\mysql\lib\debug -l mysql

I do want to have mysql support included. Any help would be greatly appreciated. At first I ran the make on qt all the way through however lately I have just been letting configure complete before trying qmake again. Do I have to let make on qt fully complete in order for it to understand not to use qtcore4?

mAx

[ChristianEhrlicher]

What do you think you need instead QtCore??
you have to recompile your complete qt src dir after configuring qt with --static

[maxpower]

I need QtCore not QtCore4. QtCore is static but QtCore4 is shared. I guess I will let Qt completely compile but I was hopeful that only qmake needed to be re-maked in order to drop the QtCore4 dependency.

mAx

[ChristianEhrlicher]

Are you really sure there's no '4'?
Please remove the *.prl - files in qt-4-src/lib or use a clean build to avoid using old prl files (they're like pkg-config files and contain informations about the filename and deps, ...)

[maxpower]

Are you really sure there's no '4'?
Please remove the *.prl - files in qt-4-src/lib or use a clean build to avoid using old prl files (they're like pkg-config files and contain informations about the filename and deps, ...)

Thanks. Qt is still compiling but I ran qmake on examples/widgets/spinboxes and -lQtCore4 is gone from the Makefile! Deleting the prl seems to have done the trick.

Thanks again
mAx

[maxpower]

Spoke too soon. make on qt just bombed out looking for -lQtSql4 during the build of uic3. Now when I run qmake on the spinbox example it has -lQtCore4 again. How do I include mysql in a static build of Qt? I was trying -qt-sql-mysql but do I need to use -plugin-sql-mysql instead? I used these options to build Qt this time:


configure.exe -static -fast -qt-sql-mysql -I c:\mysql\include -L c:\mysql\lib\opt -L c:\mysql\lib\debug -l mysql -qt-sql-sqlite

Thanks
mAx

Edit: This link http://www.rag.com.au/linux/qt4howto.html does not use debug when building Qt in static mode. Is that what I am doing wrong? I am going to start compiling now to find out.

Edit 2: That did not work. Arg!

[maxpower]

When the make gets to QtXml I can look at its prl file and see -lQtCore4 is included. What am I doing wrong so that Qt keeps wanting to link to a shared Qt lib on a static Qt build??

mAx

[maxpower]

I have determined that this only happens when I include mysql in the build. Does this help anyone solve my problem?

mAx

[ChristianEhrlicher]

Not really (at least not me)
Maybe write a bug report to qt-bugs

[b1]

maxpower,

I suffered the same problem as you albeit on 2k. I solved it by doing this:

1. install Qt 4.3.2 as a shared build. (I used c:\qt\4.3.2)
2. copy the installed directory to a new directory (c:\qt\4.3.2-static)
3. add c:\qt\4.3.2-static\lib and c:\qt\4.3.2-static\bin to your path
4. rename c:\qt\4.3.2 to something else so it can't be found. (say c:\qt\old-4.3.2)
5. delete the makefile in c:\qt\4.3.2-static
6. run c:\qt\4.3.2-static\bin\qmake
7. now run configure <---options---> and ming32-make.
8. rename the shared build back to c:\qt\4.3.2

You should with any luck have a working static build and shared build in separate directories.

I didn't suffer these problems under Linux or using QT 4.2.3, only the windows version of QT 4.3.2. The rest of the instructions at http://www.rag.com.au/linux/qt4howto.html worked for me.

I hope this helps,

Regards, B1.